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- 1698 – Presidio Santa María de Galve: Three ships under Andrés de Arriola departed Vera Cruz to secure Pensacola Bay for Spain and drive out any French presence they might encounter.
- 1889 – Edward A. Perry died.
- 1925 – J. B. Hopkins was born.
- 1998 – Matt Langley Bell III died.