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<noinclude>{{On this day/doc}}</noinclude>'''[[{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|2}}April 16]]''':
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*[[1861]] – [[Civil War]]: The USS ''Atlantic'' arrived off [[Santa Rosa Island]] and disembarks 1,000 men for the defense of '''[[Fort Pickens]]'''.
*[[1915]] – Lt. [[Patrick N. L. Bellinger]] successfully catapulted the [[Wikipedia:Curtiss Model F|AB-2 flying boat]] from a barge off the '''[[Pensacola Aeronautical Station]]'''.
*[[1965]] – A groundbreaking ceremony was held commencing construction of the '''[[University of West Florida]]'''.