20 Years ago

1980 Officials estimated a total of 625 boats had been seized for bringing in Cuban refugees without visas and other boating violations.

and enough boats seized to start a Lucrative Side Business:)..........and BAMMMM...whatever.....
 
1958 Treasure Harbor, Plantation Key, was the base of operations for shooting the feature movie "Secret Cargo."

(I hope this isn't a movie about adult diapers..:D )
 
:rofl:

I looked for it on line and at the KW Library.....nada.... there was a French movie of the same title , but made in 1929. They probably changed the name of it. I just asked "Lil" Toni Tarracinno if she had ever heard of it, and she said no. She was on the set of Cuban Crossing....since it was about her Father....she say's 90% of that movie was true.
 
1980 More than 250 fishermen protested at the federal building on Simonton Street over the federal government's seizure of their boats for taking part in the Mariel Boat Lift.

1980 The replica Spanish galleon used by Treasure Salvors as a museum and headquarters sank at the dock at the end of Front Street.
 
I imagine the story will unfold slowly.

1937 Sloppy Joe's Bar had its grand opening at the new location, on the corner of Duval and Greene streets, at 9:30 p.m. There was free dancing to George Dean's Swing Band and souvenirs for everyone.:party:
 
1936 President Franklin Roosevelt approved a loan of $3,600,000 to build a highway over the old railroad bridges.

1980 The number of Cuban refugees arriving was slowing, but there were reports that as many as 70 boats were seen leaving the Mariel Harbor.

1985 In federal court, 12 of the 14 people charged in what was known as the "Bubba Bust" drug case were found guilty.
 
1980 U.S. Customs announced a plan that would allow the release of boats seized during the Mariel boatlift, if the owners posted a bond.

1980 The USS Ponce took 249 Cuban refugees and crew from the Key West shrimp boat Miss Betty before she sank in heavy seas.

1980 The press coverage of the Cuban refugee boatlift caused a drastic drop in tourism. The Conch Train, which was used as a barometer of business, was off 46 percent over the previous year.
 
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1912 Capt. Charles Thompson, fishing near the Seven Mile Bridge on the schooner Somoa, harpooned a whale shark. After a struggle of eight hours, he forced it onto a sand bar, and reported that it took five days for the shark to die. Thompson towed his catch to Miami, where he was able to get it on shore. It measured 38 feet long and weighed 26,594 pounds. He had the shark mounted and exhibited around the country until it was accidentally destroyed in a fire in 1922
 
1976 In a ceremony in Washington, Mel Fisher presented Queen Sofia of Spain a bronze cannon recovered from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha
 
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