2014 Event A ship carrying 900 Syrians is intercepted and safely brought to shore by the Italian coast guard; the ship had been manned by human traffickers who abandoned the vessel after setting the navigation system on a collision course with the Italian coast 2014 Event The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser and John O'Keefe, neuroscientists who discovered the brain cells responsible for positioning and navigation memory 1920 Event Radio compass used for 1st time for aircraft navigation 1856 Event Argentine and Brazilian sign a navigation pact 1838 Death Nathaniel Bowditch, astronomer/navigation expert, dies at 64 1795 Event Treaty of San Lorenzo, provides free navigation of Mississippi 1661 Event Parliament confirms Navigation Act 1651 Event English parliament proclaims Navigation Act off
