1941 – Eight female students at Key West High School formed a carpentry class – the first of their sex to do so.

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

A document in the archives shows that Mallory Square is not named after Key Wester - and Confederate Naval Secretary - Stephen Mallory.

1956 – The First Baptist Church on Eaton Street at the corner of Bahama Street was destroyed by fire.

1954 – The state Hotel Commission gave notice to the Island City House at 411 William Street that their license had been revoked.

The Key Largo Library will be celebrating National Library Week, April 7-12, with events all week long.

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

1886 – At 10 o’clock in the morning, a fire started near the San Carlos Theater in Key West.

1975 - The new East and West Wings of the Monroe County Public Library at 700 Fleming Street in Key West were dedicated.

Want to learn more about the treacherous court of English King Henry VIII? Here are some books that can help.

1966 – The Lighthouse Military Museum opened in the former Key West lighthouse keeper’s quarters on Whitehead Street.

Staff from the Islamorada Library branch provide tech help to the JOY Center every week and a film club and craft class once a month.

1955 – After just two months of operation, the P & O Steamship Company halted its Key West-to-Tampa.

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

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

The late Jim Clupper compiled a comprehensive list of islands in the Florida Keys, with notes on the history of their names.

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

1986 – The last “Blessing of the Shrimp Fleet” took place, with Father Tony Mullane performing the service.

1952 – Dr. Remington Kellogg, director of the U.S. National Museum, issued a statement outlining the distinctiveness of the Key deer.

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