1964 – The Hemingway House opened as a museum dedicated to telling of the late author’s life in Key West.

1975 – Key West Police arrested the owner of Uncle Sam’s Pawn Shop and Howie’s Lounge.

1917 – The first long-distance telephone connection from Key West was made to Miami at 1:47 p.m.

1911 – The French line steamer Louisiane, which had gone ashore at Sombrero Key in the hurricane of October 2010, was refloated.

1880 – Former U.S. President and Army General Ulysses S. Grant visited Key West.

1940 – The East Martello Tower was opened to tourists. Boys employed by the National Youth Administration served as guides.

2000 – The last vestiges of the Howard Johnson’s restaurant on North Roosevelt Boulevard in Key West were removed.

1954 – Key West diver Ed Ciesinski left for Nassau to work with the underwater camera crew on “20,000 Leagues Under the Sea."

1909 – The Manuel Lopez Cigar Company of New York purchased property along Key West’s County Road (Flagler Ave.) for a new factory.

1962 – The new Key West City Hall on Angela Street was dedicated. State Senator Elmer Friday of Fort Myers was the keynote speaker.

1909 – The 102-ton schooner Annie Greenlaw was delivered to Key West turtle soup manufacturer Armand Granday.