November 2
1936 – The Democratic Executive Committee and the Young Democratic Club of Key West held an election eve rally in Bayview Park featuring speakers from across state and local politics.
1946 – The City of Key West announced that its nickel parking meters would be replaced by ones that accepted pennies, allowing 12 minutes of parking for every one-cent coin inserted.
1965 – Over the weekend burglars cut through the roof of the First National Bank, entered the vault, and opened 90 of the 1,000 safety deposit boxes. Since the boxes were private the amount stolen was never known. Some arrests were made later but no one was ever indicted.
1982 – Ed Swift and Alison Fahrer were elected to the Monroe County Commission. Fahrer won by one vote.
1998 – Monroe County commissioners, joined by the mayor of Key West, held a groundbreaking ceremony at the old Gato cigar factory building on Simonton Street, which was to be restored and converted for use as county offices.
Information compiled by Dr. Corey Malcom, Lead Historian, Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
Image: The Gato cigar factory building on Simonton Street in Key West on October 17, 1991, after the Navy Commissary had been closed and before restoration by Monroe County. Monroe County Public Library, Florida Keys History Center.
