1938 – Key Wester Charles F. Dupont died at age 77. In 1888, he became the first elected African American Sheriff in Florida when he was selected by Monroe County voters. He served as Monroe County Sheriff for five years. Key West’s DuPont Lane is named in his honor.

1959 – A simulated nuclear bomb drop was the central feature of Civil Defense exercises in Key West.

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

956 – The Cuban ferry, the City of Havana, sailed for the first time from the new terminal on Stock Island.

1989 – Monroe County Commissioners voted to purchase Key West’s Truman School for $937,000 for use as county offices.