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'''[[May 16]]''':
 
'''[[May 16]]''':
 
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*[[1719]] &ndash; The [[French Pensacola|French]] fleet, under [[Jean Baptiste Le Moyne]] and his brother [[Sieur de Bienville]], enters [[Pensacola Bay]], fires on [[Fort San Carlos]], and '''[[Battle of Pensacola (1719)|captures Pensacola]]'''.
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*[[1719]] &ndash; The [[French Pensacola|French]] fleet, under [[Jean Baptiste Le Moyne]] and his brother [[Sieur de Bienville]], entered [[Pensacola Bay]], fired on [[Fort San Carlos]], and '''[[Battle of Pensacola (1719)|captured Pensacola]]'''.
 
*[[1824]] &ndash; '''[[Edmund Kirby Smith]]''' was born.
 
*[[1824]] &ndash; '''[[Edmund Kirby Smith]]''' was born.
 
*[[1856]] &ndash; Construction began on the '''[[Alabama & Florida Railroad]]'''.
 
*[[1856]] &ndash; Construction began on the '''[[Alabama & Florida Railroad]]'''.
*[[2006]] &ndash; [{Escambia County Commissioner]]s requested validation of funds for the '''[[Southwest Escambia Improvement District]]''', which was approved but later halted by a complaint by Dr. [[Greg Strand]].
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*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Escambia County Commissioner]]s requested validation of funds for the '''[[Southwest Escambia Improvement District]]''', which was approved but later halted by a complaint by Dr. [[Greg Strand]].

Latest revision as of 04:58, 15 May 2009

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.

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