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1998 Diane Zamora, 20, Naval Academy cadet convicted of capital murder
1996 Peter Winter, naval commander, dies at 78 1996 Lewis B Combs, naval commander/civil engineer, dies at 101 1996 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 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 George Chesterman Phillips, naval Officer, dies at 90 1995 James Pack, naval officer museum curator, dies at 81 1995 Richard Pool, naval Officer, dies at 75 1995 Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist, dies at 82 1994 U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees 1990 U.S. announces commitment of Naval forces to Gulf regions 1987 Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer (WW I, WW II, Korea) dies at 90 1986 Doctors at Bethesda Naval remove 2 small benign polyps from Reagan's colon 1985 Naval exercises canceled when U.S. refuses to tell New Zealand of nuclear weapons 1972 40,000 pilots strike against naval officer 1964 U.S. naval fire on Hon Ngu/Hon Mo, North Vietnam 1962 John F. Kennedy imposes naval blockade on Cuba, beginning missile crisis 1961 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 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, dies at 77 1950 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) 1947 Naval torpedo and mine factory explodes at Cadiz, Spain killing 300 1945 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 Betram Home Ramsay, English Admiral/Commander Naval Forces (Normandy), dies at 61 1943 Load of "ammunition in transit" explodes at Norfolk Naval Air Station 1942 Battle of Midway ends: Admiral Nimitz wins 1st WW II naval defeat of Japan 1942 British naval forces raid Nazi occupied French port of St. Nazaire 1942 3 day Battle of Java Sea ends, U.S. suffers a major naval defeat 1941 Naval Intelligence ceases bugging Japanese consul 1941 German air raid on Russian naval base Kronstadt (battleship Marat sinks) 1941 German battleship Bismarck sunk by British naval force 1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before U.S. Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable 1938 Jeremy Boorda, born in South Bend, Indiana, admiral, U.S. Navy, 25th Chief of Naval Operations 1938 Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy 1934 Japan renounces Washington Naval Treaty of 1922 and London Treaty of 1930 1932 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 British naval fleet mutinies at Invergordon over pay cuts 1930 U.S., Britain and Japan sign London Naval Treaty 1928 U.S. Congress accept Jones-White Merchant Naval Act 1922 Naval Reserve #3, "Teapot Dome," leased to Harry F Sinclair 1922 J F Coates, naval architect 1922 U.S., U.K., France, Italy and Japan sign Washington naval arms limitation 1919 1st hospital ship built to move wounded naval personnel launched 1919 Richard Pool, naval Officer 1918 U.S. naval boat "Cyclops" disappears in Bermuda Triangle 1917 Peter Winter, naval commander 1917 Dutch Naval Air Force forms (MLD) 1916 Congress creates U.S. Naval reserve 1914 James Pack, naval officer museum curator 1913 Peter John Norton, naval diplomat/artist 1912 Naval torpedo launched from an airplane patents by B. A. Fiske 1906 Belgian naval education ship Comte The Stain de Naeyer sets sail 1904 George Chesterman Phillips, naval officer 1903 U.S. signs agreement acquiring a naval station at Guantanamo Bay Cuba 1901 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 1st Royal Naval submarine launched at Barrow 1896 Francis C Denebrink, U.S. Naval officer, WW I, WW II, Korea 1895 Lewis B. Combs, naval commander and civil engineer 1890 1st U.S. state naval militia organized (Massachusetts) 1889 Start of Sherlock Holmes adventure "Naval Treaty" 1887 U.S. Senate approves naval base lease of Pearl Harbor 1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 1885 John Henry Towers, aviator/naval hero 1884 Naval War College forms in Newport RI 1883 Betram Home Ramsay, English admiral/Commander Allied Naval Forces 1880 Desire-emile Inghelbrecht, French composer and conductor, Naval 1878 Ernest J King, U.S. fleet admiral/Chief of Naval Operations, WW II 1864 Naval Engagement at Reynoldsburg Island 1864 Naval Engagement at Bahia Harbor Brazil-CSS Florida vs USS Wachusett 1864 U.S., British, French and Dutch naval officer sails Staits of Simonoseki 1864 Land and naval action new Brazos Santiago, Texas 1864 Naval Engagement at Cherbourg, FR: USS Kearsage vs. CSS Alabama 1863 Federal naval expedition arrives off Sabine Pass 1863 Naval Engagement at Warsaw Sound GA-USS Weehawken vs CSS Atlanta 1863 Naval Engagement at Havana Cuba-USS Henrick Hudson vs BR Wild Pigeon 1863 Naval engagement near Galveston between CSS Alabama and USS Hatteras 1862 Naval Engagement at Yazoo River, MS (USS CAIRO torpedoed) 1862 Naval Engagement at Pascagoula River MS: USS Potomac Expedition 1862 U.S. Naval Academy relocated from Annapolis Maryland to Newport, Rhode Island 1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor 1862 Naval Engagement at Tennessee River - USS Conestago vs CSS Appleton Belle 1861 Naval Engagement at Charleston, South Carolina USS Flag vs BR Alert 1861 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1861 Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade 1861 Naval Engagement at Wilmington North Carolina - USS Daylight establishes blockade 1845 Naval School (now called U.S. Naval Academy) opens at Annapolis 1842 Philip Spencer, 1st U.S. naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged 1842 U.S. Naval Observatory authorized by an act of Congress 1841 George Melville, polar explorer, naval engineer 1840 Alfred Thayer Mahan, U.S., naval officer, Influence of Sea Power 1837 Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila 1819 Oliver Hazard Perry, naval hero, dies on 34th birthday 1818 Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on Great Lakes and Lake Champlain 1817 William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63 1815 U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur ends attacks by Algerian pirates 1811 James Melville Gilliss, founder, Naval Observatory in Washington 1810 William Froude, England, engineer/naval architect 1810 Donald McKay, U.S. naval architect, built fastest clipper ships 1806 Matthew Fontaine Maury, Naval Commander, Confederacy 1802 Jan C J van Speijk, Dutch naval hero 1798 Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the U.S. navy 1797 British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, Netherlands 1792 John Montague 4th Earl of Sandwich, English Naval minister, dies at 73 1786 August Keppel, 1st viscount/naval commander/politican, dies 1785 Oliver Hazard Perry, U.S. Naval hero, "We have met the enemy" 1781 James Lawrence, naval hero, War of 1812-"Don't give up the ship!" 1781 British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burns Richmond, Va 1779 Stephen Decatur, U.S., naval hero, War of 1812 1775 1st official U.S. flag raising (aboard naval vessel Alfred) 1775 Continental Congress orders construction of a naval fleet 1775 1st naval battle of Revolution-Unity (U.S.) captures Margaretta (Br) 1772 1st naval attack of Revolutionary War takes place in Providence, RI 1758 Horatio Nelson, Burnham Thorpe Britain, naval hero, Trafalgar 1747 John Paul Jones, naval hero, "I have not yet begun to fight" 1746 Jacob Wallenberg, Swedish writer and naval chaplain 1738 Alexander Voznitsyn, Rus Naval officer converted to Judaism, executed 1738 Baruch Leibov, converted Russian Naval officer to Judaism, executed 1689 Battle of Bantry Bay, French and English naval battle 1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron 1598 Maarten Harpertszoon Tromp, naval commander |
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