1916: |
First demonstration of automatic stabilization and direction gear in aircraft
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1944: |
5th Fleet carrier aircraft begin 3-day attack on Japanese shipping and facilities in Visayas, Philippines
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1952: |
USS Coral Sea (CVB-43) took Marshall Josip Tito for a one-day cruise in the Adriatic Sea where he was shown flight operations.
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1961: |
Navy task force sails to aid the Galveston area after hurricane Carla hits Texas
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1966: |
Launch of Gemini 11, piloted by CDR Charles Conrad Jr., USN and LCDR Richard F. Gordon Jr., USN. Their mission lasted 2 days and 23 hours and included 44 orbits at an altitude of 1368.9 km.. Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guam (LPH-9)
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1967: |
Operation Coronado V began in Mekong Delta
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1992: |
Joint Task Force Hawaii activated to provide humanitarian aid after Typhoon Iniki struck Hawaiian Islands
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