1970 – The USS Quillback (SS 525) was open to the public for tours at Naval Station Key West’s Pier 1.

1955 – Southern Bell Telephone Company installed new dial equipment that gave all 8,700 phones in Key West new numbers.

1935 – A resolution by aFlorida Congressman to designate Key West Naval base a winter station for submarines met opposition from the Navy.

1993 – Key West resident and Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Hersey died at age 78.

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.

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

1925 – At midnight, the U.S. Weather Bureau station at Sand Key was closed.

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

1946 – The U.S. Navy announced that a submarine squadron consisting of one tender and 10 submarines would be based in Key West.

1975 – Spurred by recent national press coverage, local interest was renewed in the Japanese “Midget C” submarine displayed in Key West.