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==Events==
*[[1821]] – The first issue of ''[[The Floridian]]'' is published by [[George Tunstall]] and [[Cary Nicholas]].
*[[1982]] – Former State Representative [[R. W. "Smokey" Peaden]] is convicted on five counts of cocaine possession and transportation.
*[[1987]] - Macabre metal rock musician King Diamond performed at Franco's Lounge in Ft Walton.
*[[2005]] – [[Mario Forgione]] purchases the [[Pensacola Ice Pilots]] from [[Tim Kerr]].
*[[2006]] – ''[[Strand v. Escambia County]]'': The [[Circuit Court]] rules that the [[Southwest Escambia Improvement District]] is constitutional.
*[[2023]] - 50th Anniversary celebration at the Sandshaker Lounge on Pensacola Beach.
==Deaths==
*[[2007]] – [[Lee Shortt]], while diving at the [[USS Oriskany|USS ''Oriskany'']] artificial reef
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