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Events

• 1888 – Western end of Santa Rosa Island (Punta de Sigüenza) transferred to U.S. War Department by Executive Order.
• 1973 – Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. is promoted to lieutenant general, then the highest ranking African-American in the U.S. military.
• 1992 – Pensacola Chamber of Commerce is incorporated by the Florida Division of Corporations.
• 1999 – Vanette Webb is suspended from the Escambia County School Board by Governor Jeb Bush.
• 2008 – Groundbreaking for the new Lucia M. Tryon Branch Library on Langley Avenue.
• 2010 - Former Wet Willie front man Jimmy Hall performed at Blazzues nightclub.

Deaths

• 2000 – Jennings Campbell (while in detention at the Escambia County Jail)