1960 – Students at Key West High School were dismissed for the day after a phone caller warned a bomb was set go off there at 2 p.m.

1907 – The City of Key West was striving to make Fleming Street on either side of Duval the “Broadway” of the city.

1911 – Curtiss Aircraft test pilot J.A.W. McCurdy attempted to fly from Key West to Havana but crashed just short of the goal.

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

2004 – The City of Key West hired Armando Parra as official chicken catcher to try to control the island’s free-ranging chicken population.

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

1912 – “Opening the Over Sea Railway to Key West” was the cover story of Collier’s National Weekly Magazine.

1953 – The Navy dedicated the baseball field at Naval Station Key West in honor of Key Wester and Marine Sgt. Norris A. Walker.

After a five-year overhaul of the area, Key West celebrated the grand opening of the city-owned Key West Bight Historic Seaport.

1925 – For the second year, a seasonal visitor information bureau was opened at the Key West railroad terminal.

1934 – The Long Key Fishing Camp opened a week early for its 1935 season, and guests had already arrived.