- 1815 - During a night engagement off Madeira, Africa, the frigate Constitution, commanded by Capt. Charles Stewart captures HMS Cyane and HMS Levant.
- 1942 - While defending Lexington in a F4F "Wildcat" fighter, Lt Edward H. Butch O'Hare repeatedly attacks nine Japanese bombers and shoots down five and damaged a sixth. O'Hare is meritoriously promoted to lieutenant commander in April 1942 and awarded the Medal of Honor.
- 1945 - USS Pargo (SS 264) sinks Japanese destroyer Kokaze off Cape Varella, French Indochina and survives counter-attack by destroyer Kamikaze, which had been steaming in company with Nokaze during the attack.
- 1962 - Lt. Colonel John Glenn, USMC, becomes the first American to orbit the Earth. Recovery is by USS Noa (DD-841).
- 1962 - USS Dixie (AD-14) rescues a lone crewman aboard a sailing yawl adrift for four days.
- 1974 - The S-3A Viking Anti-submarine aircraft is officially introduced and given to Anti-Submarine Squadron Forty-One (VS-41).
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Lt Butch O'Hare seated in the cockpit of his Grumman F4F "Wildcat" fighter in Spring 1942. The plane is marked with five Japanese flags, representing the five enemy bombers he was credited with shooting down. He was the Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II and the O'Hare airport in Chicago is named in his honor.
