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==Events==
*[[1880]] – Pensacola's first Bell telephone comes into operation
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{{date|August 31|September 2}} ==Events==*[[1712]] – [[Felipe de Orbalaes]], a friar at [[Nuestra Señora de las Angustias]], is killed in an Indian raid outside [[Fort San Carlos de Austria]].*[[1719]] – A French squadron led by Admiral [[Desnos de Champmeslin]] arrives at [[Mobile]] to retake the [[Presidio Santa María de Galve]].*[[1880]] – Pensacola's first [[telephone exchange]] is established by [[Southern Bell]] at the northeast corner of [[Government Street]] and [[Palafox]].*[[1901]] – [[Evelyn Croom Maxwell]] leaves the [[Circuit Court]] bench to become a commissioner of the Florida Supreme Court.*[[1928]] – The [[Frisco Railroad]] begins regular passenger train service to Pensacola.*[[1975]] – General [[Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr.]] is promoted to four-star grade and assigned as commander in chief, NORAD/ADCOM, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.*[[2000]] – Navy flight instructor [[Matt Heckemeyer]] reopens the [[Trader Jon's]] bar.*[[2004]] – [[The Zoo Northwest Florida]] is transferred to the control of the non-profit [[Gulf Coast Zoological Society]]
==Births==
*[[1915]] – [[Martin "Trader Jon" Weissman]]
*[[1984]] – [[Patrick Nobles]]
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