1985 – The widening of U.S. 1 to four lanes through Marathon began with the stretch between 105th to 122nd Streets. The entirety of the road, from 41st Street to Coco Plum Drive, would eventually be done across multiple phases.
1905 – Members of Key West’s Black community were urging a boycott of the Key West electric railway on account of a new “Jim Crow” rule that was scheduled to go into effect on July 1 to separate streetcar passengers by race.
1975 – A new turbine for the FKAA desalination plant on Stock Island arrived at Key West via an emergency Air Sunshine flight. A severe drought had caused Lower Keys water levels to drop very low, and desalinated seawater was crucial to getting through the dry spell.
