Template:On this day/November 8

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

November 8:

• 1814 – Capture of Pensacola: As Andrew Jackson secured the Spanish city, British forces retreated from Fort San Carlos de Barrancas, detonating the harbor defenses.
• 1826 – The Navy issued its first contract to area businessmen for lumber to be used in the construction of the Navy Yard.
• 1988 – Referendum on the annexation of two areas, one of which (including Cordova Mall and some nearby acreage) was approved by voters.
• 2002 – Ballinger Publishing purchased part of Burchell Publishing & Printing.