Template:On this day/January 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.

January 8:

• 1861 – Civil War: Colonel William H. Chase was authorized by Governor Madison S. Perry to seize the federal forts in Pensacola. Shots were fired from Fort Barrancas around 11:00PM.
• 1889 – Edward A. Perry left office as Governor of Florida.
• 1971 – The Gulf Islands National Seashore was established.