| 1833: | CDR Geisinger of Peacock negotiates first commercial treaty with King of Siam |
| 1922: | USS Jupiter recommissioned as Langley, Navy's first aircraft carrier |
| 1939: | Naval Research Lab recommends financing research program to obtain power from uranium |
| 2003: | U.S. began Operation Iraqi Freedom by launching cruise missiles from Navy ships in the Red Sea and Persian Gulf |