1952 – In a special election, the voters approved a dog track on Stock Island, which the backers planned to open in February, 1953.
1958 – Ralph E. Cummingham Jr. defeated J.Y. Porter IV in the Democratic primary runoff election for state representative Group 2.
1959 – Gov. Leroy Collins named Louis Carbonnell Clerk of Courts to fill the unexpired term of Harry Dongo, who resigned.
1976 – President Gerald Ford signed a military construction bill that included a provision to keep the Naval Air Station Key West open. The station had been slated for closing or major cutbacks.
1986 – In the Democratic primary, Ron Saunders was elected state representative, as he did not have an opponent in the general election.
1987 – The Key West City Commission approved the annexation of Tank Island – now known as Sunset Key.
Information compiled by Tom Hambright, Historian Emeritus, Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County Public Library
Image: Navy fuel tanks on Tank Island in the 1970s. U.S. Navy photograph, Florida Keys History Center, Monroe County Public Library. https://www.flickr.com/photos/keyslibraries/3610629921