1910 – Two Key West children were burned after their mother placed a can of flaming insect powder on the nightstand and it ignited the mosquito netting that covered their bed. The children’s injuries were not fatal.
1915 – Two “prominent hotelmen” arrived in Key West to look over sites for a proposed Flagler East Coast tourist hotel.
1948 – Commissioned Gunner Leonard Stanley Allen, Royal Navy, who was killed in an accident on the British ship HMS Crossbow, was buried in the Key West City Cemetery. A crowd of about 2,000 attended the graveside services conducted by Father James MacConnell of St. Paul’s Church.
1953 – A well drilled by Harry I. Morgan Company on upper Key Largo produced oil, which was being tested to see if it was of commercial grade.
1953 – Captain Shirley Garson of the bottom fishing charter boat Storm King brought in an 11-foot shark.
1999 – The political action committee Citizens Incorporate Marathon was formed with the goal of advocating for the incorporation of Marathon as a city.
2008 – The dilapidated, Depression-era bandstand at Bayview Park was torn down. The bandstand had had once been a community hub and the site of concerts, political rallies, and high school graduations.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: Bayview Park bandstand 1400 Truman Ave, Key West, ca. 1965; razed 2008. Photo taken by the Monroe County Property Appraiser’s office. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.