1892:	After ten years of difficult and costly construction, the St.  George Reef Lighthouse, built on a rock lying six miles off the northern coast of California, midway between Capes Mendocino and Bianco, was first lighted.
1920:	The Superintendent of the 5th Lighthouse District inspected the aids to navigation "in New River Inlet and Bogue Sound, North Carolina by hydroplane in two hours, which would have required at least four days by other means of travel, owning to the inaccessibility of the aids inspected."
1944:	Landings on Leyte, Philippine Islands.  Many Coast Guard units participated in the landings, which marked the the fulfillment of General Douglas MacArthur's promise to the Filipino people that he would return to liberate them from the Japanese.
1950:	President Harry S. Truman issued an executive order subsequent to the passage of the Magnuson Act.  This act, passed to ensure the safety of the country, tasked the USCG with the port security mission.
1978:	The cutter Cuyahoga sinks after colliding with M/V Santa Cruz II near the mouth of the Potomac River.  Eleven Coast Guard personnel are killed.