| 1943: | Bureau of Naval Personnel Circular Letter on non-discrimination in Navy V-12 program. |
| 1944: | Congress appoints first three of four Fleet Admirals. |
| 1965: | Launch of Gemini 6 with Captain Walter M. Schirra, Jr., USN, as Command Pilot. The mission included 16 orbits in 25 hours and 51 minutes. Recovery was by HS-11 helicopters from USS Wasp (CVS-18) |
| 1988: | End of Earnest Will convoy operations to escort reflagged tankers in the Persian Gulf. |