1808:	Subsistence for Army officers fixed at 20 cents per ration, later that year applied to all officers of the revenue cutters.
1843:	Captain Alexander V. Fraser, Revenue Cutter Service, appointed Chief of newly- created Revenue Marine Bureau of Treasury (first "Commandant").
1861:	Revenue cutter Harriet Lane fires first shot from a naval vessel in the Civil War across the bow of the merchant vessel Nashville when she attempted to enter Charleston Harbor.
1900:	An Act of Congress (31 Stat. L., 77, 80) extended the jurisdiction of the Lighthouse Service to the noncontiguous territory, of Puerto Rico and adjacent American waters.
1902:	Retirement of officers at 3/4 pay for incapacity authorized; promotions subject to examinations (mental and physical).
1902:	Commissioned officers of Revenue Cutter Service granted same pay and allowances "except forage" as officers of corresponding rank in Army including longevity pay.
1979:	LT(jg) Beverly Kelly assumes command of the CGC Cape Newagen, becoming the first woman to command a US warship.