1911: Congress transferred Fort Trumbull, New London, CT from War Department to Treasury Department for the use of the USRCS.
1943: CGC Calypso removed 42 persons from lifeboat of SS Buarque (Brazil) east of Cape Henry.
1980: The 70-foot fishing vessel Donna Catalina sinks 40 miles south of Nantucket Island.  After pumps lowered to the four-man crew failed to keep up with the flooding, a Coast Guard helicopter lifted the crew to safety.