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Events

• 1814 – War of 1812: Spanish officials permit 300 British troops to land at Pensacola and anchor a fleet in the harbor.
• 1884 – A Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad drawbridge watchman is found dead on the tracks, his body riddled with 23 bullets.
• 1892 – Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company files suit against A. H. D'Alemberte.
• 1965 – Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional Airport receives the landing of its first commercial jet plane, an Eastern Airlines Boeing 727.
• 1966 – The first of the original Evening in Old Seville Square events is held.
• 1985 - Rock musicians REO Speedwagon and Cheap Trick perform at the civic center.

Marriages

• 1769 – Elias Durnford to Rebecca Walker