1782:	As a token of gratitude for French aid during American Revolution, the U.S. gives America (first ship-of-the-line built by U.S.) to France to replace a French ship lost in Boston.
1783:	Signing of Treaty of Paris ends American Revolution
1885:	First classes at U.S. Naval War College begin
1925:	Crash of rigid airship Shenandoah near Byesville, OH
1943:	American landings on Lae and Salamaua
1944:	First combat employment of a missile guided by radio and television takes place when Navy drone Liberator, controlled by Ensign James M. Simpson in a PV, flew to attack German submarine pens on Helgoland Island.
1945:	Japanese surrender Wake Island in ceremony on board USS Levy (DE-162)