1900:	Secretary of Treasury authorized to establish anchorage grounds at Kennebec River, Maine.
1944:	CAPT Miles Imlay takes command of one of the assault groups attacking Omaha Beach.  He directs the invasion from his command LCI(L).
1944:	LCI(L)s 85, 91, 92, and 93 (Coast Guard-manned) lost at the Allied landings on Normandy, France.
1945:	USS Sheepscot (AOG-24) (Coast Guard-manned) went aground and was lost off Iwo Jima.  No lives lost.
1993:	M/V Golden Venture ran aground on a beach in New York with some 300 illegal Chinese migrants on board.  Most are rescued by the Coast Guard and local agencies.