| 1799: | USS Constellation (CAPT Truxtun) captures French l'Insurgente |
| 1799: | USS Constellation, commanded by Capt. Thomas Truxtun, captures the French warship l'Insurgente |
| 1943: | Organized Japanese resistance on Guadalcanal ends |
| 1943: | The organized Japanese resistance on Guadalcanal ends |
| 1947: | Carrier USS Wright (CVL 49) is commissioned |
| 1978: | A new era in naval communications begins with the launching of the first satellite of the Navy's Fleet Satellite Communications System |
| 1984: | Destroyer USS Moosbrugger (DD 980) fires approximately 150 shells at Syrian artillery positions east of Beirut |