1792 - The father of the US Navy, Capt. John Paul Jones dies and is buried in Paris. A legend during the American Revolution, Jones argues for Congress establishing a United States Navy.
1944 - USS Cobia sinks a Japanese gunboat and an army cargo ship west of Chichijima.
1944 - USS Lapon sinks Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser off the southern end of Palawan and a survey ship and auxiliary submarine chaser northwest of Labuan.
1944 - USS Plaice attacks a Japanese convoy and sinks submarine chaser CH-24 200 miles northwest of Chichijima.
1966 - Gemini 10 is launched with Lt. Cmdr. John Young as command pilot and Michael Collins is the pilot. The mission entails 43 orbits at an altitude of 412.2 nautical miles and lasts two days, 22 hours, and 46 minutes.
The father of the US Navy, Capt. John Paul Jones dies and is buried in Paris. A legend during the American Revolution, Jones argues for Congress establishing a United States Navy.
The father of the US Navy, Capt. John Paul Jones dies and is buried in Paris. A legend during the American Revolution, Jones argues for Congress establishing a United States Navy.