| 1846: | Sailors and Marines from USS Congress capture Santa Barbara |
| 1858: | First trans-Atlantic cable completed by USS Niagara and British ship Agamemnon |
| 1944: | Fifth Fleet carrier task forces begin air attack against Iwo Jima and the Bonin Islands |
| 1947: | Birthdate of the Medical Service Corps |
| 1964: | USS Turner Joy and USS Maddox report being attacked by North Vietnamese PT boats in Gulf of Tonkin |