1912 – The Monroe Theater at 623 Duval was screening the 1911 Irish feature “Arrah-na-pogue,” with admission at 10, 15 or 20 cents, based on seating.

2010 – After having had the lowest census participation rate in Florida in 2000, Monroe County had the highest for 2010.

1958 – Billy Watkins Moody, serving a sentence in Monroe County Jail for larceny, admitted to having started multiple fires in Key West.

1970 – After 75 years of operation, the storm warning station at Lumley & Roberts Hardware Store was removed.

1941 – Eight female students at Key West High School formed a carpentry class – the first of their sex to do so.

1935 – A group of 10 Key West women went to Pirate’s Cove on Sugarloaf Key for lunch and an afternoon of playing bridge.

956 – The Cuban ferry, the City of Havana, sailed for the first time from the new terminal on Stock Island.

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

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

1899 – The Key West Electric Street Railway company opened with a streetcar that ran up and down Duval and to La Brisa.

1924 – So many tourists were traveling between Key West and Havana that the steamship Governor Cobb had to make an extra trip.

1954 – After completing structural surveys, the Florida Road Department greenlighted 2,000 feet of fishing catwalks on bridges.

1964 – The Hemingway House opened as a museum dedicated to telling of the late author’s life in Key West.

1975 – The Oldest House on Duval Street officially opened as a museum.

1953 – The Key West City Commission approved a resolution that changed the name of Salt Pond Road to Jose Marti Drive.

1975 – Key West Police arrested the owner of Uncle Sam’s Pawn Shop and Howie’s Lounge.

1911 – The French line steamer Louisiane, which had gone ashore at Sombrero Key in the hurricane of October 2010, was refloated.

1935 – The cabanas at Rest Beach were fully booked by winter visitors for the season.

1935 – An excursion to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas was offered to up to 16 passengers on the Commodore seaplane.

1880 – Former U.S. President and Army General Ulysses S. Grant visited Key West.