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==Events==
*[[1781]] – [[Siege of Pensacola]]: The powder magazine at the [[Fort GeorgeQueen's Redoubt]] is destroyed when the powder magazine is ignited by Spanish troops. , forcing British General [[John Campbell]] surrenders to surrender [[Fort George]] and Pensacola to [[Bernardo de GalvezGálvez]].
*[[1911]] – "The Birth of [[Naval Aviation]]": Captain [[W. I. Chambers]] requisitions one Wright and two Curtiss airplanes for the [[U. S. Navy]].
*[[1978]] – On descent into [[Pensacola Regional Airport]], [[National Airlines Flight 193]] lands in [[Escambia Bay]], resulting in the drowning deaths of three passengers.