1801:	Treaty of peace with France ratified ending Quasi War with France, in which Revenue Marine had rendered outstanding service.
1880:	Date of a terrific gale on the NJ coast.  Six vessels came ashore with 47 persons on board all but 2 survived.  Nineteen USLSS crewmen won Gold Life-Saving Medals during the wreck of George Taulane.
1943:	The torpedoing of the transport Dorchester saw CGC Comanche and Escanaba respond.  The crew of Escanaba used a new rescue technique when pulling survivors from the water.  This "retriever" technique used swimmers clad in wet suits to swim to victims in the water and secure a line to them so they could be hauled onto the ship.  Although Escanaba saved 133 men (one died later) and Comanche saved 97, over 600 men were lost, including the Four Chaplains.