Template:On this day/October 21
- 1764 – British West Florida's first governor George Johnstone and surveyor general Elias Durnford arrived in Pensacola.
- 1946 – The Navy Point Theater opened.
- 1958 – Residents of the Scenic Hills and Gull Point areas voted to be annexed into the City of Pensacola.
- 1998 – Janet Holley was appointed Escambia County Tax Collector.