1910 – The Key West Weather Bureau’s meteorological summary for July showed that the maximum temperature for the month was 90.81 degrees, reached on the 18th. The mean temperature for the month was 82.8 degrees, similar to what it had been since 1871.
1952 – Charles Cremata, a member of the Key West Fire Department for fifteen years, was named Fire Chief. He replaced Leroy Torres who had died two weeks before.
1967 – The Florida State Racing Commission approved a new dog track for Key West.
1974 – In a bid for city residents to be able to participate in the National Flood Insurance Program, the Key West Commission passed an ordinance requiring all new construction to be at least eight feet above mean sea level.
1976 – President Gerald Ford named Sidney Aronovitz, a Key West native, as United States District Court Judge for the Southern Florida District.
1994 – The Southernmost Church of God In Christ announced its new location at the corner of Fleming and William Streets, in the former Fleming Street Methodist Church.
1999 – A 12-foot-long rupture in the main 36-inch water pipeline occurred at Mile Marker 95. Keys residents south of that point had very low pressure or no water service. FKAA officials found no inherent fault in the pipe and suspected adverse ground conditions somehow caused the split.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Tony Trujillo, Charles Cremata, and Jack Carey in front of the 12th Street Fire Station ca. 1950. Jeff Brodhead Collection. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.