1926:	Congress authorized Secretary of Treasury to acquire a site at New London, CT, without cost to United States, and construct thereon buildings for the United States Coast Guard Academy at a total cost not to exceed $1,750,000.
1993:	The Haitian passenger ferry Neptune sank, sinding 1,215 Haitians to their deaths.  Coast Guard units participated in the search and rescue operation but found no survivors.  They then assisted in recovering the bodies of those killed.