Events
- 1814 – Capture of Pensacola: After driving the British from Spanish Pensacola, Andrew Jackson returns the city to the control of Mateo Gonzáles Manrique.
- 1983 – The West Florida Advertising Council is incorporated.
- 2003 – After reopening briefly under new ownership, Trader Jon's closes for good.
- 2004 – Disgraced Escambia County Commissioner Willie Junior goes missing, the day before he was to be sentenced on corruption charges. His body would be found a month later, having apparently committed suicide.