May 1

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Events

1769 – British West Florida Governor John Eliot is afflicted by debilitating head pains, possibly from a brain tumor.
1781 – Siege of Pensacola: The Spanish install six 24-pounders in the advance battery.
1994 – Barry Evans begins his tenure as Escambia County Administrator.
2002 – Soccer complex corruption scandal: Governor Jeb Bush suspends indicted Escambia County Commissioners W. D. Childers, Willie Junior, Mike Bass and Terry Smith.
2011 - Part One of the second annual Pensacola Musician's memorial concerts, which was held at Paradise Bar & Grill on Pensacola Beach.
2015 - Rock bands Boston and Kansas perform at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach.

Deaths

1878 – Jonathan Walker
2019 - Pete Moore

Business openings

1962 – Pat Dodson's advertising agency is reorganized and incorporated as Dodson, Craddock & Born.
2007 – et Café