Template:On this day/March 9

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.

March 9:

• 1781 – Siege of Pensacola: Bernardo de Galvez entered Pensacola Bay.
• 2004 – A ballot measure on charter government in Escambia County failed.
• 2005 – The Santa Rosa Island Authority voted to keep the landmark beach ball water tower in its place at Casino Beach.
• 2007 – James "Benny" Washington was arrested for possession of marijuana, cocaine and drug paraphernalia.