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.

1925 – The Key West City Council approved a motor bus service to be operated on the city’s streets by the Key West Electric Company.

1925 – The Key West sponge fleet left port for their second trip of the season to the sponging grounds near Bahia Honda.