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<noinclude>{{On this day/doc}}</noinclude>'''[[{{#titleparts:{{PAGENAME}}|1|2}}September 17]]''':
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*[[1719]] &ndash; '''[[French Pensacola]]''': For the second time that year, the Spanish garrison at [[Presidio Santa María de Galve]] surrendered to a French attack.
*[[1912]] &ndash; An [[L&N]] '''[[1912 train robbery|train robbery]]''' took place sometime in the night between Pensacola and [[Flomaton]], during which the culprits replaced $70,000 in express packages with magazine paper.
*[[1984]] - The final business day of '''Franco's Lounge''', located near the corner of 9th Avenue and Bayou Boulevard. For over five years, Franco's had been Pensacola's foremost, live entertainment venue.
*[[2002]] &ndash; '''[[Willie Junior]]''' pleaded no contest to political corruption charges and agrees to testify against fellow [[Escambia County Commission]]er [[W. D. Childers]].