Template:On this day/January 30
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- 1903 – Five tons of condemned dynamite are detonated near Fort Pickens, about a mile away from the battery. The resulting explosion created a hole "large enough to hide a house" on the beach and was felt across Pensacola Bay in the city, cracking plaster and shattering windows.
- 2001 – A special municipal election is held in the City of Pensacola.