July 26
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Events
- 1861 – Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Thomas E. Jordan as postmaster of Pensacola and Chandler Cox Yonge as attorney for the Florida district of the Confederacy.
- 1907 – A funeral for Charles Henry Bliss is held at Armory Hall.
- 1977 – Escambia High School riots: The Ku Klux Klan holds a rally on the grounds of Escambia High School to protest the new "Gators" mascot.
- 1999 – The Aragon Group pays $914,000 for 20 acres of City-owned land to be used for the Aragon project.