1966:	When winds of 30 to 50 knots hit the southern California coast, surface craft off the 11th Coast Guard District rendered assistance to six grounded vessels, three disabled sailboats, and three capsized vessels.  They also responded to seven other distress cases.  A US Coast Guard helicopter played a prominent role in one of the cases by evacuating the five-man crew of the vessel Trilogy that had gone aground and broken up on Santa Cruz Island.
1983:	A C-130 from Air Station Barbers Point makes the first aerial seizure in Coast Guard history when it ordered the Japanese fishing vessel Daian Maru #68 to sail to Midway Island to await a Coast Guard boarding team.
1993:	In response to a massive increase in the number of Haitians fleeing their country beginning in October, 1991, President William Clinton orders the commencement of Operation Able Manner, the largest search and rescue operation ever undertaken by the Coast Guard prior to this time.