| 1781: | French fleet defeats British at Yorktown, VA |
| 1910: | First recorded reference to provision for aviation in Navy Department organization |
| 1918: | USS Tampa lost with 118 men, probably by German submarine |
| 1931: | Keel laying at Newport News, VA of USS Ranger (CV-4), first ship designed and constructed as an aircraft carrier |
| 1963: | First steam-eject launch of Polaris missile at sea off Cape Canaveral, FL (now Cape Kennedy) from USS Observation Island (EAG-154) |