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

1930 – The Lighthouse Service determined that small, battery-powered elecric light were a feasible replacement for those lit by gas.

1954 – The state Hotel Commission gave notice to the Island City House at 411 William Street that their license had been revoked.

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

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

1912 – “Opening the Over Sea Railway to Key West” was the cover story of Collier’s National Weekly Magazine.

1925 – The Key West sponge fleet left port for their second trip of the season to the sponging grounds near Bahia Honda.

Caribbean monk seals were part of the Keys eco-system for thousands of years - but were driven to extinction about 100 years ago.