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Bobcat
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ON THIS DAY IN:
1938 The grand opening of the new Overseas Highway was held on the Seven Mile Bridge. The new highway used some of the old railroad bridges to eliminate the auto ferries.
1942 The merchant vessel Edward Luckenbach was sunk when it strayed in the U.S. Navy minefield north of Key West. The Luckenbach was sailing from Kingston, Jamaica, for New Orleans with a cargo of tungsten, zinc, antimony and tin. One man was killed in the accident.
1961 Novelist and former Key West resident Ernest Hemingway died of a self-inflicted 12-gauge shotgun blast to the head at his home in Sun Valley, Idaho. He would have turned 62 on July 21, 1961.
1969 The new Card Sound Bridge was opened. The bridge was built with $2.1 million in bond money to be repaid with tolls.
1985 The queen conch (pronounced "Konk"), or Strombus gigas, the symbol of the Florida Keys, was declared an endangered species.
1938 The grand opening of the new Overseas Highway was held on the Seven Mile Bridge. The new highway used some of the old railroad bridges to eliminate the auto ferries.
1942 The merchant vessel Edward Luckenbach was sunk when it strayed in the U.S. Navy minefield north of Key West. The Luckenbach was sailing from Kingston, Jamaica, for New Orleans with a cargo of tungsten, zinc, antimony and tin. One man was killed in the accident.
1961 Novelist and former Key West resident Ernest Hemingway died of a self-inflicted 12-gauge shotgun blast to the head at his home in Sun Valley, Idaho. He would have turned 62 on July 21, 1961.
1969 The new Card Sound Bridge was opened. The bridge was built with $2.1 million in bond money to be repaid with tolls.
1985 The queen conch (pronounced "Konk"), or Strombus gigas, the symbol of the Florida Keys, was declared an endangered species.
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Bobcat
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1830 Norman Sherwood killed John Wilson in a fight in a grog shop on Front Street. It was the first recorded murder in Key West.
1983 Archaeologist David Moore and three other divers from Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors Inc. found the bell of the English slave ship Henrietta Marie, which sunk in 1701.
1983 Archaeologist David Moore and three other divers from Mel Fisher's Treasure Salvors Inc. found the bell of the English slave ship Henrietta Marie, which sunk in 1701.
Bobcat
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ON THIS DAY IN:
1908 Monroe County Deputy Sheriff and Audubon Society Game Warden Guy M. Bradley was shot and killed by outlaw feather hunters in what is now the Everglades National Park.
1926 The old streetcar tracks were removed. The old trolleys were burned and the tracks sold for scrap.
1942 The merchant vessel J.A. Moffett Jr. was damaged near Alligator Lighthouse by German submarine U-571.
1962 The movie PT-109, the story of President John F. Kennedy during World War II, was being filmed on Munson Island. The movie starred Cliff Robertson as Kennedy.
1908 Monroe County Deputy Sheriff and Audubon Society Game Warden Guy M. Bradley was shot and killed by outlaw feather hunters in what is now the Everglades National Park.
1926 The old streetcar tracks were removed. The old trolleys were burned and the tracks sold for scrap.
1942 The merchant vessel J.A. Moffett Jr. was damaged near Alligator Lighthouse by German submarine U-571.
1962 The movie PT-109, the story of President John F. Kennedy during World War II, was being filmed on Munson Island. The movie starred Cliff Robertson as Kennedy.
Bobcat
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U-571 was busy.
1933 Ernest Hemingway, fishing in Cuban waters with Capt. Joe Russell of Key West, caught a 468-pound marlin that was 12 feet 8 inches long.
1942 The German submarine U-571 sank the merchant vessel Nicholas Cuneo 66 miles southwest of Key West.
1947 The U.S. Navy announced it would move its Special Weapons and Devices School from New London to Key West. The school had a staff of six officers and 17 enlisted men and a normal student population of 16 officers and 150 enlisted men.
1933 Ernest Hemingway, fishing in Cuban waters with Capt. Joe Russell of Key West, caught a 468-pound marlin that was 12 feet 8 inches long.
1942 The German submarine U-571 sank the merchant vessel Nicholas Cuneo 66 miles southwest of Key West.
1947 The U.S. Navy announced it would move its Special Weapons and Devices School from New London to Key West. The school had a staff of six officers and 17 enlisted men and a normal student population of 16 officers and 150 enlisted men.
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