1938 – After two years of discussion and planning, the Key West City Council passed an ordinance providing for zoning within city limits.

1869 – Dr. Samuel Mudd, who had been a prisoner for four years at Fort Jefferson, was pardoned and released.

1955 – Mackerel and tarpon were running in Key West Harbor and dozens of fishermen were trying their luck from the Clyde-Mallory Dock.

1930 – County Commissioners sold the Monroe County highway ferry system that spanned the road’s water gaps to the county engineer.

1985 – Outraged Key Westers fumed at city commissioners, who were considering plans for a sewage treatment plant near Fort Taylor.

1955 – The Key West Garden Club’s annual Flower Show opened at the East Martello Tower.

2005 – The Monroe County School Board approved the demolition of the existing Poinciana Elementary School and the construction of a new one.

1966 – Actress and singer Jayne Mansfield began a nine-night run of her one-woman show at the Tradewinds Supper Club.

1898 - A Naval Court of Inquiry was organized to investigate the sinking of the USS Maine, and it would meet in the Key West Custom House.

1935 – The Key West Art Gallery opened in the renovated Caroline Lowe house at 303 Duval Street.

1964 – The Navy awarded a $1,967,209 contract to Bauer Dredging Company to deepen Key West’s main ship’s channel to 34 feet.

1956 – The M.S. Allen Funeral Home opened in a new concrete-block building at 325 Julia Street in Key West.

1935 – Pete “Kid Indian” Nebo defeated Orlando’s Jimmy Wade by decision in a bout held at Key West High School.

1940 – Key Wester William W. Demeritt was commissioned a Captain in the Coast Guard.

1859 – Reports of a false light shown by wreckers near Alligator Reef were incorrect. It was the watch fire on Tea Table Key.

1926 – A gala dance contest was held at the La Concha Hotel in Key West.

1935 – The Havana Madrid Club in Key West celebrated its grand opening.

1975 – A representative of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development met the mayor of Key West and toured Duval Street with him.

Many people were traveling by train from Miami to Knights Key “solely for the novelty of the ride over the sea by rail.”

1999 – Key West City Clerk Josephine Parker died unexpectedly after collapsing at the dais just before the start of a commission meeting.