1716:	The Boston Lighthouse on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, the first lighthouse established in America, was first exhibited.
1944:	CGC Bedloe (ex-Antietam) and Jackson foundered off Cape Hatteras during a hurricane.  26 crewmen are lost on former, 21 on the latter.
1944:	Lightship Number 73 on Vineyard Sound Station foundered during the same hurricane that sank the Bedloe and Jackson, all 12 of her crew perish.
1989:	Sikorsky Aircraft unveils the replacement for the Sikorsky HH-3F Pelican helicopter: the HH-60J.  The Coast Guard planned to purchase 33 of the new helicopters.