Template:On this day/September 17

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.

September 17:

• 1719 – French Pensacola: For the second time that year, the Spanish garrison at Presidio Santa María de Galve surrendered to a French attack.
• 1912 – An L&N train robbery took place sometime in the night between Pensacola and Flomaton, during which the culprits replaced $70,000 in express packages with magazine paper.
• 1984 - The final business day of Franco's Lounge, located near the corner of 9th Avenue and Bayou Boulevard. For over five years, Franco's had been Pensacola's foremost, live entertainment venue. *2002 – Willie Junior pleaded no contest to political corruption charges and agrees to testify against fellow Escambia County Commissioner W. D. Childers.