1859:	US signs "Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation" with Paraguay at Asuncion after the revenue cutter Harriet Lane, as part of a US Navy expedition, forces the opening of the Paraguay and Parana Rivers.
1863:	Commissioned officers of the Revenue Cutter Service to be appointed by President by and with advice and consent of the Senate.  This act contains first statutory use of term "Revenue Cutter Service." Previous laws referred only to "revenue cutters".
1982:	The Attorney General, William Smith, declared at a press conference that Operation Tiburon was "the most successful international marijuana interdiction effort to date." The operation began in November, 1980, and accounted for the seizure of 95 vessels.  It was a combined operation that included elements of the Coast Guard, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the Customs Service and various state and local law enforcement agencies.