1993 Adm Studeman, serves as acting director of CIA
1985 President Reagan appoints Vice Adm John Poindexter as security adviser
1985 ADM of Amsterdam declares bankruptcy
1981 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), ends term as 12th director of CIA
1980 University adm declares 5 Pac-10 schools ineligible for conference titles and post-season play due to transcript and curriculum abuses
1979 Louis Mountbatten, British adm of the Fleet, assassinated by IRA
1977 Adm Stansfield Turner, USN (Ret), becomes 12th director of CIA replacing acting director Knoche
1967 Marcus Muler, WLAF adm asst for the Amsterdam Admirals
1966 Vice Adm William F Raborn Jr, USN, ends term as 7th director of CIA
1960 Togo (formerly French Togo) declares independence from French adm
1956 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole-Rear Adm GJ Dufek
1945 Betram Home Ramsay, Engl adm/Cmdr Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61
1944 Adm Halsey's Task Force 30 bombs Okinawa, 700 die
1943 Joint Chiefs of Staff question adm Nimitz (landing Gilbert Island)
1943 Adm Cunningham of British fleet: "Sink, burn and destroy; let nothing pass"
1943 Vice-admiral Cunningham appointed British adm of fleet
1942 Bosinier de la Chapelle, Fren murderer of adm Darlan, executed at 24
1942 Adm Nimitz' B-17 finding Guadalcanal using National Geographic map
1942 Task Force 17 leaves Pearl Harbor under adm George Murray on Hornet
1942 Battle of Midway ends: Adm Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan
1941 Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon
1941 Adm Nomura and Kurusu hands over Japanese last diplomatic note
1940 Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)
1937 Richard H Truly, Fayette Mississippi, Rear Adm USN/astro, STS T-2, T-4, 2, 8
1936 Mary McLeod Bethune named director of Negro Affairs in National Youth Adm
1929 Adm Richard E Byrd makes 1st South Pole flight
1923 Alan B Shepard, Jr., East Derry NH, Rear Adm USN/astro, Merc 3, Ap 14
1921 Ludwig-Alexander von Battenberg [Mountbatten], adm (WW I), dies at 67
1920 John A "Jacky" Kilverston, adm/designer (dreadnought), dies at 79
1920 Austria becomes a kingdom again, under Adm Horthy
1920 Alexander Koltsjak, adm/leader Russian counter-revolutionary, executed
1915 British vice adm Carden begins bombing of Dardanelles forts
1912 Henry L "Hank" Miller, U.S. pilot/lt adm, WW II-Pacific
1910 Francis D Foley, U.S. lt adm, WW II, Guadalcanal
1909 Word received, Adm Peary discovers North Pole 5 months earlier
1902 Judson Laire, born in New York City, actor/singer, Papa-Mama, Adm Broadway Revue
1898 U.S. battle fleet under adm Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila
1894 U.S. flag fired on in Rio; prompt satisfaction exacted by Adm Benham
1871 Wilhelm Freiherr von Tegetthoff, Aus adm (Helgoland/Lissa), dies at 43
1866 Italian fleet under adm Persano capture Austrian Fort Lissa
1861 English Adm Robert Ritzroy issues 1st storm warnings for ships
1853 Adm Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan
1837 Adm George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila
1809 John AB Dahlgren, U.S. Union lt adm/inventor, Civil war Dahlgren-cannon
1807 British squadron under Adm Duckworth forces passage of Dardanelle
1805 Battle of Trafalgar, Adm Nelson defeats French and Spanish fleet and dies
1798 British under Adm Horatio Nelson beat French at Battle of Nile
1765 Adm Nelsons sailboat HMS Victory runs aground
1744 Battle at Toulon (French/Spanish vs English fleet of Adm Matthews)
1682 Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62
1678 French adm Jean d'Estrees' fleet runs aground on Aves-islands, Curaeao
1672 Battle by Solebay: Dutch adm M de Ruyter beats French/English fleet
1654 Venetian fleet under Adm Adeler beats Turkish
1653 Defeat of Dutch fleet under Adm Van Tromp by Adm Blake off Portsmouth
1649 Elisabeth Bas, wife of Dutch Adm Swartenhondt, dies at about 78
1644 Sea battle of Fehmarn Sont: Adm Thijssen beats Denen
1641 Cornelis C Jol, [Houtebeen], adm (South-America), dies at about 41
1573 Claude II, of Lotharingen, duke of Aumale/murdered adm Coligny, dies
1535 Christians captured in Tunis in uprising against Adm Barbarossa
1534 Turkish adm Chaireddin "Barbarossa" allows Giulia Gonzaga to kidnap and plunder Naples
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