1864:	USS Washusett captures Confederate raider CSS Florida in harbor of Bahia, Brazil.
1924:	Rigid airship Shenandoah commences transcontinental flight.
1975:	President Gerald Ford signs law allowing admission of women into service academies (Public Law 94-106).
2001:	Operation Enduring Freedom begins with carrier air strikes, and ship and submarine Tomahamk strikes.