20 YEARS AGO
Orestes Lorenzo Perez, a Cuban pilot who had defected two year earlier, used a Cessna to fly to Cuba, land on a highway and pick up his wife and children to bring the Keys.
50 YEARS AGO
The Army missile unit in Key West erected an unarmed missile in front of their headquarters at the Hotel Casa Marina.
John Spottswood announced that Cable Vision Inc. would add Miami Channel 10 to the cable system. The cable also carried Miami WTVJ Channel 4 and WCKT Channel 7.
The 7 Seas restaurant on South Roosevelt on the ocean was advertising a complete Christmas dinner of turkey, ham or Florida lobster for $3.
100 YEARS AGO
President Howard Taft arrived in Key West by train and left by Navy ship to inspect the work on the Panama Canal.