Editing January 22

{{date|January 21|January 23}}

==Events==
*[[1782]] &ndash; At the urging of Don [[Gilberto Antonio de St. Maxent]], and hoping to undercut the British and American smuggling trade, Spain relaxes trade restrictions at Pensacola and other colonies, granting a 10-year license to trade with French ports.<ref>David J. Weber. ''The Spanish Frontier in North America''. Yale University Press, 1994. (According to the author, Spain's plan to curtail smuggling "failed dismally.")</ref>
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[Civil War]]: [[Confederate]] General [[Wikipedia:Sam Jones (Confederate Army officer)|Samuel Jones]] is appointed to command the Department of which Pensacola was headquarters.<ref>Samuel Jones. ''The Siege of Charleston and the Operations on the South Atlantic Coast in the War Amoung the States.'' The Neale Publishing Company, 1911.</ref>
*[[1977]] - Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion George Foreman defeats Pedro Agosto at the municipal auditorium. 
*[[1983]] - Rock bands Steel Breeze and Excalibur perform at The Barrels night club on Navy Blvd. 
*[[1985]] - Country music band Alabama performs at the civic center.
*[[1999]] &ndash; Attorney [[Fred Levin]] is named an honorary chief of Ghana for his representation of Ghanaian boxer [[Wikipedia:Ike Quartey|Ike Quartey]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[Pensacola City Council]] votes to demolish [[Bayfront Auditorium]], with tentative plans to build a new municipal auditorium as part of the [[Festival Park]] project on the [[Trillium property]].

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