| 1775: | CAPT John Manley in schooner Lee captures British ordnance ship Nancy with large quantity of munitions. |
| 1890: | First Army-Navy football game (Navy won 24 to 0). |
| 1929: | CDR Richard Byrd makes first flight over South Pole. |
| 1944: | USS Archerfish (SS-311) sinks Japanese carrier Shinano, world's largest warship sunk by any submarine during World War II . |