1775:	Continental Congress resolves that each colony provide armed vessels
1779:	Commodore Abraham Whipple's squadron captures 11 prizes in largest prize value of Revolutionary War.
1792:	John Paul Jones dies in Paris, France
1813:	U.S. Frigate President captures British Daphne, Eliza Swan, Alert and Lion.
1920:	Naval aircraft sink ex-German cruiser Frankfurt in target practice.
1943:	German submarine shoots down K-47, the first and only U.S. airship lost during WW II.
1947:	President Harry S. Truman delegates responsibility for the civil administration of former Japanese mandated island to the Secretary of the Navy.
1966:	Launch of Gemini 10 with LCDR John W. Young, USN as Command Pilot. Mission involved 43 orbits at an altitude of 412.2 nautical miles and lasted 2 days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes. Recovery was by HS-3 helicopter from USS Guadalcanal (LPH-7).
1973:	Task Force 78, Mine Countermeasures Force, departs waters of North Vietnam after completing their minesweeping operations of 1,992 tow hours for the cost of $20,394,000.