2015 Event Israeli forces peaceably board and redirect the Swedish Marianne, a ship that was part of Freedom Flotilla III, which sought to enter the Gaza port in violation of Israel's naval blockade; the ship will be taken to the port of Ashdod and inspected 2012 Event In ceremonies held at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS Enterprise, is officially inactivated after a 51-year U.S. Naval career 2012 Event Amid tension with China, Keen Sword, the biennial naval training exercise between the United States and Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force, takes place off the shore of Okinawa 2012 Event A naval base located on the Strait of Hormuz, near Bandar Langeh, is established by Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps 2012 Event Sarah West, a British naval officer Commander is appointed commander of HMS Portland, the Royal Navy frigate; she is the first female officer to take command of a major British warship 2011 Event The South Korean military has police clear protesters from the building site of its new naval base in Jeju-do 2011 Event In Vietnam, hundreds demonstrate against Chinese naval operations in the disputed waters of the South China Sea 2011 Event A German naval mine from World War II is discovered and dismantled by BP; removing the bomb avoided potential closure of 16 oil fields 2010 Event Mexican Naval Infantry discover 72 corpses near the U.S. Texas border, believed to be migrants from Central America and South America murdered by a drug cartel 1998 Event Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder 1996 Death Peter Winter, naval commander, dies at 78 1996 Death Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at 101 1996 Death Jeremy Boorda, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations, dies of suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, in Washington, D.C. 1996 Death Arleigh Burke, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War, dies at 94 1995 Death George Chesterman Phillips, naval Officer, dies at 90 1995 Death James Pack, naval officer museum curator, dies at 81 1995 Death Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75 1995 Death Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82 1994 Event U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees 1990 Event U.S. announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions 1987 Death Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90 1986 Event Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon 1985 Event Naval exercises canceled when U.S. refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons 1972 Event 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer 1964 Event U.S. naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam 1962 Event John F. Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 1961 Event U.S. nuclear submarine Patrick Henry arrives at Scottish naval base of Holy Loch from South Carolina in a record underseas journey of 66 days 22 hours 1956 Death Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77 1950 Event 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) 1947 Event Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 1945 Birthday Richard Ottaway, born in Bristol, England, Richard Geoffrey James Ottaway, politician, Conservative Party, attended Brittania Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Member of Parliament for Croydon South 1945 Death Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 1943 Event Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station 1942 Event Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 Event British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire 1942 Event 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1941 Event Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul 1941 Event German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1941 Event German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force 1940 Event Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1938 Birthday Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations 1938 Event Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy 1934 Event Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Treaty of 1930 1932 Birthday Ian Leslie, born in England, born Ian Lionel Malcolm Leslie, 21st Earl of Rothes, Scottish nobleman, served as Sub-Lieutenant, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 1931 Event British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts 1930 Event U.S., Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty 1928 Event U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act 1922 Event Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair 1922 Birthday J F Coates, naval architect 1922 Event U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1919 Event 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1919 Birthday Richard Pool, naval Officer 1918 Event U.S. naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle 1917 Birthday Peter Winter, naval commander 1917 Event Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) 1916 Event Congress creates U.S. Naval reserve 1914 Birthday James Pack, naval officer museum curator 1913 Birthday Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist 1912 Event Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B. A. Fiske 1906 Event Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1904 Birthday George Chesterman Phillips, naval officer 1903 Event U.S. signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1901 Birthday Arleigh Burke, born in Boulder, Colorado, admiral, U.S. Navy, Chief of Naval Operations during President Eisenhower administration, served admirably in World War II and the Korean War 1901 Event 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow 1896 Birthday Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer, WW I, WW II, Korea 1895 Birthday Lewis B. Combs, naval commander and civil engineer 1890 Event 1st U.S. state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) 1889 Event Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Naval Treaty" 1887 Event U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor 1886 Birthday William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 1885 Birthday John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero 1884 Event Naval War College forms in Newport RI 1883 Birthday Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces 1880 Birthday Desire-emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, Naval 1878 Birthday Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II 1864 Event Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island 1864 Event Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor Brazil-CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett 1864 Event U.S., British, French and Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki 1864 Event Land and naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas 1864 Event Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs. CSS Alabama 1863 Event Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass 1863 Event Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta 1863 Event Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon 1863 Event Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed) 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition 1862 Event U.S. Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1862 Event Naval Engagement at Tennessee River - USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle 1861 Event Naval Engagement at Charleston, South Carolina USS Flag vs BR Alert 1861 Event 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1861 Event Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade 1861 Event Naval Engagement at Wilmington North Carolina - USS Daylight establishes blockade 1845 Event Naval School (now called U.S. Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis 1842 Death Philip Spencer, 1st U.S. naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged 1842 Event U.S. Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress 1841 Birthday George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer 1840 Birthday Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S., naval officer, Influence of Sea Power 1837 Birthday Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila 1819 Death Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday 1818 Event Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain 1817 Death William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63 1815 Event U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates 1811 Birthday James Melville Gilliss, founder, Naval Observatory in Washington 1810 Birthday William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect 1810 Birthday Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built fastest clipper ships 1806 Birthday Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander, Confederacy 1802 Birthday Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero 1798 Event Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the U.S. navy 1797 Event British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, Netherlands 1792 Death John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73 1786 Death August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies 1785 Birthday Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy" 1781 Birthday James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1781 Event British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va 1779 Birthday Stephen Decatur, U.S., naval hero, War of 1812 1775 Event 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) 1775 Event Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet 1775 Event 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (U.S.) captures Margaretta (Br) 1772 Event 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI 1758 Birthday Horatio Nelson, Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero, Trafalgar 1747 Birthday John Paul Jones, naval hero, "I have not yet begun to fight" 1746 Birthday Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain 1738 Death Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed 1738 Death Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed 1689 Event Battle of Bantry Bay, French and English naval battle 1619 Birthday Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron 1598 Birthday Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander
