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Events

• 1955 – The Bayfront Auditorium is completed, and the Pensacola High School band becomes the first group to play there (at the dedication ceremony).
• 1985 - Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus first of three consecutive nights at civic center.
• 1987 - Blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan performed at the Saenger Theatre. Opening act was Omar and the Howlers.
• 2008 – A groundbreaking ceremony is held for a major renovation of the Saenger Theatre.

Births

• 1864 – James C. Van Pelt
• 1920 – Vince Whibbs, Sr.

Deaths

• 1870 – William Henry Chase