Template:On this day/August 31

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.

August 31:

• 1911 – The Pensacola Navy Yard was ordered closed by Secretary of the Navy George von Lengerke Meyer.
• 1934 – Marie Young was born.
• 2006 – The Pensacola City Council selected the $20 million Hawkshaw Eastside plan for a city-owned parcel off 9th Avenue.