2000 – Long-time Key West resident Marion Stevens died. In the early 1960s, Stevens opened the Artists Unlimited gallery on Duval Street, a focal point of the island’s arts community for the next 30 years. She was also active in Key West politics and was a leader of the successful anti-high-rise movement in the 1970s.

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

2003 – The Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservatory opened for business at 1316 Duval Street.

1935 – An excursion to Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas was offered to up to 16 passengers on the Commodore seaplane.