1935 – The Federal Emergency Relief Administration’s strategy of reshaping Key West into a tourist destination was working.

1961 – President John F. Kennedy and British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan met in Key West to discuss the situation in Southeast Asia.

2010 – The Friends of Higgs Beach, an ad hoc citizens’ group, was working with Monroe County to improve the Key West beachfront park.

1963 - Filming began on “Man In The Water,” a movie starring Mark Stevens.

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

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.

1925 – The Navy took custody of Clinton Place at the entrance to Naval Station Key West and assumed maintenance of the monument.

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.

1912 – Key West continued to celebrate the completion of the railroad. At 11 a.m. a parade marched down Duval Street.

1897 – The USS Maine fired warning shots toward schooners leaving Key West to command them to halt.

1897 – The USS Maine fired warning shots toward schooners leaving Key West to command them to halt.