1794:	First officers of the U.S. Navy under the Constitution are appointed. The first 6 captains appointed to superintend the construction of new ships were John Barry, Samuel Nicholson, Silas Talbot, Joshua Barney, Richard Dale, and Thomas Truxtun
1917:	First military unit sent to France, First Naval Aeronautical Detachment, reaches France on board USS Jupiter
1945:	Typhoon off Okinawa damages many U.S. Navy ships