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<noinclude>{{On this day/doc}}</noinclude>'''[[{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|2}}May 9]]''':
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*[[1781]] &ndash; '''[[Siege of Pensacola]]''': The terms of [[British Pensacola]]'s surrender were negotiated.
*[[1845]] &ndash; After several months' imprisonment in the [[calabozo]], '''[[Jonathan Walker]]''' was arraigned on three more charges related to slave stealing.
*[[1862]] &ndash; '''[[Civil War]]''': The [[Confederate]] [[Army of Pensacola]] evacuated Pensacola, burning the [[Navy Yard]] and other defenses.
*[[1960]] &ndash; The '''[[Fiesta of Five Flags]]''' organization was officially incorporated.
*[[1981]] &ndash; A new gazebo at '''[[Seville Square]]''', built as part of the [[Gálvez]] bicentennial celebration, was dedicated to [[Mary Turner Rule Reed]].