| 1778: | Continental Navy sloop Ranger captures HMS Drake |
| 1862: | Battle of New Orleans; Union Navy under David Farragut runs past forts into Mississippi River |
| 1884: | USS Thetis, Bear, and Alert sailed from New York to search for Greeley expedition lost in Arctic |
| 1906: | Ceremonies at Naval Academy commemorate John Paul Jones; President Theodore Roosevelt delivers speech |
| 1917: | Destroyer squadron departs Boston for European service |
| 1959: | Organization of American States asks U.S. to establish naval patrols off east coast of Panama to prevent invasion of Cuban forces |
| 1974: | Naval forces begin minesweeping operations in the Suez Canal Zone |
| 1981: | RCA delivers to the Navy, NOVA I, the 1st production unit of the improved navigational satellite. |