Template:On this day/December 17
- 1915 – Alexander V. Clubbs died.
- 1929 – A fire destroyed the second Temple Beth-El building on Chase Street.
- 1966 – The Frisco Docks, built by the Frisco Railroad and later sold to the Pensacola Port Authority, was destroyed by fire.
- 2007 – Fred Allen, Sr. was found not guilty in the murder of his wife Patsy by reason of insanity.