1824:	U.S. Schooner Porpoise captures four pirate ships off Cuba.
1944:	Seventh Fleet lands over 60,000 Army troops on Leyte, Philippines while Japanese aircraft attack.
1952:	Task Force 77 establishes ECM Hunter/Killer Teams of 2 ECM equipped aircraft and an armed escort of 4 Skyraiders and 4 Corsairs.
1967:	Operation Coronado VII began in Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
1983:	Due to political strife, USS Independence (CV-59 ) ordered to Grenada.