Template:On this day/August 17

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.

August 17:

• 1719 – Spanish forces at Pensacola began an assault upon French-held Dauphin Island and Mobile.
• 1961 – The Gulf Breeze City Council held its first meeting.
• 2007 – Vince Whibbs, Jr. was sentenced to four years in prison.