1898 – The Monroe County Public Schools opened for the year with 1,227 students.
1910 – The remains of General Francisco Vicente Aguilera arrived on the Cuban revenue cutter Yara and he was given full military honors by the Naval Station. The remains were taken to the San Carlos for memorial services. After the services the remains were taken to Cuba for burial in his hometown of Bayamo. The General was a hero of the 1869 revolt against Spain led by Manuel Carlos de Cespedes. He died in New York in 1877.
1960 – Kathleen Davison was sworn in as clerk and matron and as the first woman to serve on the Key West Police force.
1972 – Monroe County Commissioner John W. Parker was re-elected by a slim margin over his opponent Buddy Owen. Appointed Judge Lew S. Schlege swamped his opponent to remain the county’s second judge.
1972 – Hollon Bervaldi died at age 77. He was retired from the post office with 39 years of service, the last 10 as Key West Postmaster .
1974 – Circuit Judge M. Ignatius Lester ruled that the Key West City Clerk must proceed with certifying signatures on the petitions to put two anti-high rise issues on the ballot.
1977 – Louis M.J. Eisner died at the age of 79. He was a retired New York City policeman who moved to Key West in 1943. In Key West, he served as Chief of Police, City Commissioner and on the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority Board. He was Mayor of Key West from 1949 to 51.
1989 – In the Key West elections, incumbent City Commissioner Jimmy Weekley was re-elected. The other two winners were John Robinson and Marty Arnold for the Utility Board. All other candidates faced a run-off election.
1995 – In the Key West elections, Commissioners Sally Lewis and Harry Bethel were re-elected and Robert Padron won a seat on the Utility Board.
Information compiled by Tom Hambright, Historian Emeritus, Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County Public Library
Image: Key West Mayor and Mrs. Louis Eisner boarding a plane C 1950. Jeff Broadhead Collection, Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County Public Library. https://www.flickr.com/photos/keyslibraries/7840331396