Template:On this day/July 1
- 1905 – Florida's first Jim Crow law, written by Pensacolian John Campbell Avery, Jr. and segregating streetcars, went into effect.
- 1969 – John Holliday Perry, Jr. and Perry Publishing announced their sale of the Pensacola News-Journal newspapers to Gannett for $15.5 million.
- 1999 – The first issue of Rick Outzen's weekly Independent newspaper was published.
- 2005 – Susan Watson became director of the ACLU of Florida Northwest Region.