1892 – Key West celebrated the 400th anniversary of the voyage to the Americas by Columbus with special programs in all the schools.
1899 – Miss Carrie Watson returned to Matecumbe Key to take charge of the school there for her third term at the school.
1908 – Dr J.B. Maloney opened the Louise Maloney Hospital on Fleming Street next to the Key West Drug Company. This was the first civilian hospital on the island.
1923 – William A. and Copeland C. Johnson were proprietors of the Over-Sea Hotel at 917 Fleming St., Key West.
1951 – Monroe County had 5,000 rooms in motels, hotels, rooming houses and apartments, according to a report from the Florida Hotel and Restaurant Commission. The county also had 193 restaurants with 8,291 seats.
1962 – The Today TV showed that Key Westers were remaining calm in spite of the military build-up and threat from the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1991 – The Kmart store in Key Plaza opened.
Information compiled by Tom Hambright, Historian Emeritus, Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County Public Library
Image: Postcard of the Over-Sea Hotel at 917 Fleming St., Key West, circa 1920s. Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County Public Library. https://www.flickr.com/photos/keyslibraries/11329681383