| 1781: | Frigate Alliance captures 2 British privateers, Mars and Minerva |
| 1827: | First Naval Hospital construction begun at Portsmouth, VA |
| 1898: | Adoption of U.S. Naval Academy coat of arms |
| 1947: | UN places former Japanese mandated islands under U.S. trusteeship |
| 1951: | First Navy use of jet aircraft as a bomber, launched from a carrier, USS Princeton |
| 1960: | USS Glacier begins 12 days of relief operations, providing helicopter and boat transportation and emergency supplies to residents of Paramaribo, Suriname after floods |