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<noinclude>{{On this day/doc}}</noinclude>'''[[{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|2}}March 23]]''':
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*[[1781]] – '''[[Siege of Pensacola]]''' – A contingent of fourteen Spanish vessels, carrying 1,348 troops, arrives from New Orleans. About 40 British sailors from the capsized ''Mentor'' are sent to bolster defenses at the [[Queen's Redoubt]].
*[[1863]] – '''[[Civil War]]''': Pensacola burned by departing Union troops.
*[[1970]] – '''[[Lumon May]]''' was born.
