November 14
1937 – The Florida Keys Hurricane Monument on Upper Matecumbe Key was dedicated. The Monument was in memory of those who lost their lives in the Labor Day Storm of 1935, and the ashes of 23 of the victims were interred at the site.
1959 – The Monroe County Library on Fleming Street was dedicated and Karl Thompson, who donated the land, cut the ribbon as May Hill Russell, the library administrator, looked on.
1966 – Key West City Commissioners approved preliminary plans for a road through the northern part of Stock Island to access the site of the Florida Keys Junior College.
1989 – Key West Police Officers Steve Hammer and Robert Allen were both wounded in a shootout with a suspected drug dealer who was killed in the gun fight.
2001 – Mariners Hospital announced a 36,000-square-foot, $4.6-million Medical Arts Building housing doctors’ offices and outpatient services would be constructed on the hospital campus in Tavernier.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: The Hurricane Memorial dedication on November 14, 1937. Photo from book titled WPA Florida Keys Memorial Upper Matecumbe, Fla. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
