20 Years ago

[rschap1]

I'm going to guess Hog's Breath Saloon
cause it is only one of the few I remember the name of besides Margaritaville
what's the other popular one...Crabby Joes?
Any of those??

 

[Bobcat]

Good guess...but no.
The Hogs Breath is on the site of another gay bar called "The Monster"

 

[Ratickle]

1963 The Oldest Bar and Cistern Room, at 428 Greene St., held its formal opening. The bar was the first "semi-open" gay business in Key West.


Anyone recognize this Bar ??

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I know the answer. But, do you know what other famous bar it was before it became its latest iteration?

 

[Bobcat]

I don't remember:huh:

 

[Bobcat]

1943 The U.S. merchant ship Gulf State was sunk by a German U-boat 155 about 20 miles southeast of the Middle Keys.


April 3rd

The Pony Express begins, outlaw Jesse James is killed, the convicted Lindbergh baby kidnapper dies in the electric chair, the Unabomber is captured, and Iowa legalizes gay marriage, all on this day.

 

[Bobcat]

1980 The Cuban government removed the guards from the Peruvian Embassy in Havana and allowed anyone seeking asylum to enter the compound. It was the first of a series of events leading to the Mariel boatlift.

 

[Ratickle]

That truly was an amazing event.

 

[Bobcat]

Yes, a crime wave !!!!!

 

[Bobcat]

1876 The lighthouse on Fort Jefferson was lighted.

1989 The U.S. Air Force Surveillance blimp nicknamed "Fat Albert" went down in the Gulf of Mexico northwest of its base on Cudjoe Key.

 

[Bobcat]

1980 The Cuban guards were returned to the Peruvian Embassy after 10,856 Cubans crowded onto the grounds requesting asylum.



1980 Blues singer Bonnie Raitt appeared before an audience of nearly 2,000 at the old Navy softball field at Truman Annex.







1998 Bob Hayes, fishing with Capt. Alex Adler on the Kalex out of Bud 'N Mary's on Upper Matecumbe, caught and released a 12.5-foot great white shark estimated at 1,000 pounds.

 

[Bobcat]

:hurray:

1935 Joseph "Sloppy Joe" Russell purchased the building that formerly housed the Victoria Restaurant on the corner of Duval and Greene streets and moved his Sloppy Joe's Bar from its former location, at 428 Greene St., to the building.

 

[old377guy]

420 years ago today Ponce de Leon Matthews finds fountain of youth, builds a delapidated looking shed and stucco's it to match surroundings. Forthwith, he bottles a prodigious supply of said water, develops clever cover story of being a hop afficiando and flies under the radar for four centuries blending in with popular local activities.

 

[TUCK646]

20 years ago today

The Coast Guard stopped a fishing boat off Key Largo that had 630 pounds of cocaine hidden in the fuel tanks.

Also one of the bugs Don J was bitten by,and there he was, he forgot to mention .

 

[TUCK646]

20 YEARS AGO

Key West police arrested a woman who had hailed a taxi, then reportedly become abusive and slapped the driver.

i almost missed that one

 

[TUCK646]

pretty standard goings on in Key West, although most of the people on this board would never stoop to saying unpleasant things to strippers

they're gonna have to answer to us if they do !

 

[TUCK646]

I wonder what happened to Bernie's boat?????

He's on it ,anchored off of Fiji , he still has 16 billion left.

 

[Bobcat]

1928 Pauline and Ernest Hemingway arrived in Key West for the first time on the Peninsular & Occidental steamship from Havana.

 

[Bobcat]

1953 Mom's Tea Room, the Stock Island bordello, closed after 11 years. County law enforcement authorities never officially admitted that Mom's existed and the reason for the closing was never confirmed, but was rumored to be due to pressure from the Navy.


On this day: April 9

General Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House, NASA picks its first seven astronauts, the Houston Astrodome opens, and Iraqis tear down Saddam Hussein's statue in a liberated Baghdad

 

[h2oMag]

Good guess...but no.
The Hogs Breath is on the site of another gay bar called "The Monster"

Back around 1978 I used to love to watch tourist from the Rooftop Cafe go into the Monster, only to see them come out screaming after they saw the glory wall. :rofl:

 

[Ratickle]

Back around 1978 I used to love to watch tourist from the Rooftop Cafe go into the Monster, only to see them come out screaming after they saw the glory wall. :rofl: