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2008 U.S. Navy destroys a U.S. spy satellite with a missile
2001 Carrie Donovan, editor/Old Navy icon, Vogue, dies at 73 1994 U.S. Navy issues 1st permanent order assigning women on combat ship 1994 "Iron" Adriaan van Es, Dutch Undersecretary of Navy (1963-72), dies at 80 1991 27 lost at sea when 2 U.S. Navy anti-submarine planes collide 1988 U.S. Navy shoots down Iranian civilian jetliner over Gulf, kills 290 1987 1st military use of trained dolphins by the U.S. Navy 1986 U.S. Navy officer Jerry A Whitworth sentenced to 365 years for spying 1986 San Francisco Federal jury convicts Navy radioman Jerry Whitworth of espionage 1984 Billy Sands, actor (Phil Silvers Show, McHale's Navy), dies at 73 1984 U.S. Navy exhibits Piasecki helistat-4 helicopters and a blimp able to lift 26 tons-Lakehurst, NJ 1982 U.S. submarine Thomas Edison collides with U.S. Navy destroyer in So China Sea 1981 2 U.S. Navy F-14 jet fighters shoot down 2 Soviet-built Libyan SU-22 1979 "In The Navy" by Village People hits #3 1978 CIA director, Admiral Stansfield Turner retires from the Navy 1974 Joe Flynn, actor (McHale's Navy), dies at 49 1973 Claire Dodd, actress (Ex-Lady, In the Navy), dies after illness at 64 1971 Air West filght 706 collides with Navy Phantom jet over LA, 50 die 1971 Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr. becomes 1st black Admiral in U.S. Navy 1963 29th Heisman Trophy Award: Roger Staubach, Navy (quarterback) 1962 Dutch and Indonesian Navy encounter in Etna Bay New Guinea 1960 26th Heisman Trophy Award: Joe Bellino, Navy (HB) 1958 Israeli Navy inaugrates it's 1st submarine 1958 U.S. Navy forms atomic sub division 1958 Navy launches Vanguard 1 into orbit (2nd U.S.), measures Earth shape 1956 Kent V. Rominger, born in Del Norte, Colorado, U.S. Navy /astronaut, STS-73, 80, 85 1954 Nautilus, 1st atomic-powered vessel (sub), commissioned by the Navy 1952 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch supreme commander army/navy 1940, dies at 76 1950 North Koreans troop reach Seoul, United Nations asks members to aid South Korea, Truman orders Air Force and Navy into Korean conflict 1948 6 female reservists become 1st women sworn into regular U.S. Navy 1947 U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense 1947 1st (U.S. Navy) air squadron of jets, Quonset Point, Rhode Island 1947 John Lee appointed 1st black commissioned officer in U.S. Navy 1946 French Navy fire in Haiphong Vietnam, kills 6,000 1945 Cleveland ace Bob Feller returns from Navy and strike out 12 1945 Lieutenant Admiral Marc Mitscher named chief of U.S. Navy staff 1945 Largest operation in Pacific war, 1,500 U.S. Navy ships bomb Okinawa 1945 Phyllis M. Daley is 1st black nurse sworn-in as U.S. Navy ensign 1944 Navy says black women can join WAVES 1944 1st female U.S. Navy captain, Sue Dauser of nurse corps, appointed 1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl," Oran, North Africa 1942 French Navy at Toulon scuttles ships and subs so Nazis don't take them 1942 U.S. Navy defeats Japanese in WW II Battle of Cape Esperance 1942 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs bill creating women's Navy auxiliary agency (WAVES) 1942 Red Sox star Ted Williams enlists as a Navy aviator 1942 Dorie Miller, awarded Navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor 1942 U.S. Navy 1st permitted black recruits to serve 1942 1st twilight game in 24 years, the Dodgers top Giants 7-6 raising $60,000 for Navy Relief Fund 1942 WW II Navy flier Don Mason sends message "Sighted sub sank same" 1942 Bob Feller, enlists in Navy and reports for duty to Norfolk Virginia 1941 U.S. president Roosevelt signs Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act 1941 1st Navy vessel constructed as mine layer Terror launched 1941 Navy takes over Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay 1940 British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa 1939 Henry Lawrence Garett III, born in Miami, Florida, Sect of Navy, 1989-92 1939 Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies 1938 Congress approves Vinson Naval Act, which funds a two-ocean navy 1934 Adolph Hitler expands German army and Navy and creates an air force, violating Treaty of Versailles 1934 Kenneth Eaton, Controller, British Navy 1933 Tim Conway, born in Willoughby, Ohio, comic, McHale's Navy, Carol Burnett Show 1930 1st streamlined submarine of U.S. navy, USS Nautilus, launched 1926 110,000 watch Army and Navy play a 21-all tie 1925 Bob Hastings, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, McHale's Navy, All in the Family 1925 Peter Lane, born in England, Baron Lane of Horsell, Lord Land of Horsell, politician, businessman, Conservative Party, served in Royal Navy, life peer, House of Lords 1924 Joe Flynn, Youngstown Ohio, actor, McHale's Navy 1924 Allies stop checking on German navy 1922 1st commemoration of Navy Day 1922 Carl Ballantine, actor, McHale's Navy 1922 John Farr, born in Nottingham, England, Sir John Arnold Farr, politician, Conservative Party, Member of Parliament for Harborough 1959 - 1992, served with Royal Navy during World War II 1922 USS Langley is commissioned, Navy's 1st aircraft Carrier 1922 Pamela Mason, born in London, actress, Navy vs. Night Monsters 1921 Virginia O'Brien, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Francis in the Navy 1920 Harri Webb, Swansea, Wales, journalist, nationalist, poet, volunteered for the Royal Navy, published The Green Desert, a collection of poetry in 1969, Poems and Points in 1983 1920 Antony Duff, born in England, served Royal Navy during World War II, Deputy Governor of Southern Rhodesia, diplomat, Director-General of Military Intelligence, section 5, 1985 - 1988, the United Kingdom's internal security service 1919 1st transatlantic flight ends; U.S. Navy flying boat takes 11 days 1919 1st transatlantic flight take-off by a Navy seaplane 1917 1st female U.S. Navy Petty Officer is Loretta Walsh 1917 German Navy torpedoes 7 Dutch ships 1915 Ann Nagel, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actress, Don Winslow of the Navy 1915 Dutch merchant Navy ship Katwijk sunk by Germany torpedo 1915 1st U.S. Navy minelayer, Baltimore, commissioned 1914 Minister of Navy W Churchill routes British fleet to Scapa Flow 1914 British Ministry of Navy Winston Churchill orders British fleet to remain 1912 World's 1st cannery opens in England to supply food to the navy 1910 Stephen Jurika, Jr., U.S. pilot/captain, WW II, Santa Cruz, Navy Cross 1910 Canadian parliament accept creation of Royal Canadian Navy 1909 Construction of Navy base at Pearl Harbor begins 1908 Claire Dodd, AR, actress, Ex-Lady, In the Navy 1908 Dutch capture Venezuelan navy 1907 Eugene H Farrar is 1st to sing on radio (Brooklyn Navy Yard New York) 1906 Walter Sande, born in Denver, Colorado, actor, Navy vs Night Monsters 1905 Fitzhugh Lee, U.S. pilot/Vice-Admiral, WW II, Navy Cross 1901 Arleigh A. Burke, born in Colorado, Admiral, WW II, Solomon Islands, Navy Cross 1900 German Navy Law calls for massive increase in sea power 1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut 1900 Hyman G Rickover, U.S. Admiral, father of modern nuclear navy 1899 George Dewey becomes 1st in U.S. with rank of Admiral of the Navy 1898 U.S. Navy defeats Spanish fleet in Santiago harbor, Cuba 1898 Army transfers Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay to Navy 1892 James Forrestal, U.S., banker/minister of Navy 1890 1st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point 1883 Congress authorizes the 1st steel vessels in U.S. navy 1876 Henri G Winkelman, Dutch general/supreme commander/navy 1940 1869 Margarine is patents by Hippolye Mega-Mouries for use by French Navy 1866 David Faragut appointed as 1st Admiral of U.S. Navy 1862 1st U.S. Navy hospital ship enters service 1862 David G Farragut is 1st rear Admiral in U.S. Navy 1862 U.S. Navy's 1st ironclad warship, the Monitor, launched 1861 Secretary of U.S. Navy authorizes enlistment of slaves 1861 At Gretna LA, one of 1st guns of Rebel Navy is cast 1861 Department of Navy of Confederacy forms 1857 William Walker, conqueror of Nicaragua, surrenders to U.S. Navy 1853 Admiral Perry and U.S. Navy visit Japan 1852 Cornelis J Snijders, supreme commander of Dutch Navy, 1910-18 1850 U.S. Navy abolishes flogging as punishment 1844 Thommas W. Gilmer, Navy Secretary, dies in explosion on USS Princeton 1842 William Barker Cushing, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy, died in 1874 1841 Cornelis T Elout, Dutch minister of Finance/Navy/Colonies, dies at 74 1840 Sanuel Dana Greene, Lieutenant Commander Union Navy, died in 1884 1826 Mercer Brooke John, Confederate Navy, died in 1906 1823 James Dunwody Bulloch, Captain, Confederate Navy, died in 1901 1821 Navy Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary, Union, died in 1883 1820 Antarctica discovered by U.S. Navy Captain Nathaniel B. Palmer 1819 Daniel Ammen, Captain Union Navy, died in 1898 1814 Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British 1813 David Dixon Porter, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1891 1813 Captain John Lawrence utters Navy motto "Don't give up the ship" 1812 Percival Drayton, Captain Union Navy, died in 1865 1812 John Rodgers II, Commander Union Navy, died in 1882 1812 Benjamin Franklin Sands, Commander Union Navy, died in 1883 1812 John Randolph Tucker, Captain, Confederate Navy, died in 1883 1811 John Ancrum Winslow, Commander Union Navy, died in 1873 1811 Joseph Lanman, Commander Union Navy, died in 1874 1810 James Shedden Palmer, Commander Union Navy, died in 1867 1809 Raphael Semmes, Rear Admiral, Confederate Navy, died in 1877 1809 William Radford, Commander Union Navy, died in 1890 1809 Sylvanus William Godon, Commander Union Navy, died in 1879 1809 William David Porter, Commander Union Navy, died in 1864 1808 Stephen Cleeg Rowan, Commander Union Navy, died in 1890 1808 Thomas Turner, Commander Union Navy, died in 1883 1808 Thomas Tinsley Craven, Commander Union Navy, died in 1887 1808 Henry Haywood Bell, Commander Union Navy, died in 1868 1808 Charles Henry Poor, Commander Union Navy, died in 1882 1807 James Findlay Schenck, Commander Union Navy, died in 1882 1807 Charles Henry Davis, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1877 1806 Andrew Hull Foote, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1863 1806 Henry Knox Thatcher, Commander Union Navy, died in 1880 1805 Louis Malesherbes Goldsborough, Rear Admiral Union Navy 1804 John William, Turk, Livingston, Commander Union Navy, died in 1885 1804 Thomas Oliver Selfridge, Commander Union Navy 1804 Lt. Stephen Decatur raids Tripoli Harbor and burns Navy frigate "Philadelphia" after pirates seized it 1803 Samuel Francis DuPont, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1865 1803 Levin Minnesota Powell, Commander Union Navy, died in 1885 1802 James Lawrence Lardner, Commander Union Navy, died in 1881 1802 Cadwalader Ringgold, Commander Union Navy, died in 1867 1802 Gideon Welles, Secretary Navy, Union, died in 1878 1801 John Drake Sloat, Ret Major General Commander Union Navy, died in 1867 1801 David Glasgow Farragut, Tennessee, Vice Admiral Union Navy, died in 1870 1801 Henry Eagle, Commander Union Navy, died in 1882 1800 William Wister McKean, Commander Union Navy, died in 1865 1800 Franklin Buchanan, Admiral, Confederate Navy, died in 1874 1800 Ret Thomas Aloysius Dornin, Commander Union Navy, died in 1874 1798 Gershom Jaques Van Brunt, Commander Union Navy, died in 1863 1798 Charles H Bell, Commander Union Navy, died in 1875 1798 Department of Navy forms 1798 Charles D. Wilkes, Commander Union Navy, died in 1877 1798 Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the U.S. navy 1797 Hiram Paulding, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1878 1797 Silas Horton Stringham, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1876 1797 U.S. Navy frigate Constitution, Old Ironsides, launched in Boston 1797 1st Navy ship, the "United States," is launched 1796 Ret Cornelius Kinchiloe Stribling, Commander Union Navy, died in 1880 1796 English beat Bataafs Navy in Saldanha Bay 1795 John Marston, Jr., Commander Union Navy, died in 1885 1795 Joshua Ratoon Sands, Commander Union Navy, died in 1883 1794 John Barrien Montgomery, Commander Union Navy, died in 1873 1794 U.S. Navy forms 1790 Joseph Smith, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1877 1789 Francis Hoyt Gregory, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1866 1778 Charles Stewart, Rear Admiral Union Navy, died in 1869 1775 Continental Navy organized with 7 ships 1775 2nd Continental Congress formally establishes U.S. Navy 1775 U.S. Navy forms 1775 U.S. Navy forms 1764 Carel H Verhuell, Dutch/French Vice-Admiral/minister of Navy 1718 Esek Hopkins, U.S., 1st commander-in-chief, U.S. Navy 1703 Bristol England damaged by hurricane, Royal Navy loses 15 warships 1683 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French Minister of Navy, dies at 64 1633 Samuel Pepys, born in London, England, Navy expert/composer, Diary, Memoirs 1595 John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63 1573 Battle of South Seas - Dutch rebels beat Spanish navy 1345 Ferdinand I, the wise one, king of Portugal, built navy |
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