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Events
- 1698 – Presidio Santa María de Galve: Juan Jordán de Reina arrives in Pensacola Bay.
- 1913 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt arrives in Pensacola to announce the creation of the Naval Aeronautical Station.
- 1953 – The East Pensacola Heights area is annexed by referendum into the City of Pensacola.
- 1976 - Rock musicians Foghat performed at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium. Guest artists were southern rock musicians 38 Special and Dickie Betts.
- 1978 – Seville Tower, also known as the American National Bank Building, is added to the National Registry of Historic Places.
- 1984 - Chuck Bates begins his tenure as acting Escambia County Commissioner.
- 2000 – Gary Bergosh is appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to the Escambia County School Board seat vacated by Hal Mason's death.
- 2006 – Celebrate Pensacola is incorporated.
Deaths
- 1925 – Frank Dent Sanders
- 1954 – Evelyn C. Maxwell
- 2018 - Lester Beasley