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*[[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: [[Andrew Jackson]] arrives in [[Mobile]] and requests the 2,500-man Tennessee militia be sent to defend against British forces at [[Third Spanish period|Spanish Pensacola]].
*[[1962]] – [[Desegregation]]: Twenty-one black students begin classes at nine previously all-white schools in the [[Escambia County School District]].
*[[1985]] - Pop / rock musician Barry Manilow performs at the Pensacola Civic Center.
*[[2008]] – The [[ACLU]] announces a lawsuit against the [[Santa Rosa County School District]] alleging that school officials (specifically [[Santa Rosa County Superintendent of Schools|Superintendent]] [[John Rogers]] and [[Pace High School]] Principal [[Frank Lay]]) had "used their government positions … to persistently and pervasively promote their personal religious beliefs in the public schools and at school events."
