| 1884: | Congress authorizes commissioning of Naval Academy graduates as ensigns |
| 1918: | Marine brigade captures Belleau Wood |
| 1959: | Twenty-eight Naval vessels sail from Atlantic to Great Lakes, marking the formal opening of Saint Lawrence Seaway to seagoing ships. |
| 1962: | NAVFAC Cape Hatteras makes first Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) detection of a Soviet diesel submarine. |
| 1973: | Navy Task Force 78 completes minesweeping of North Vietnamese ports. |