From the Navy News Service
1942 – USS Gudgeon is the first U.S. sub to sink an enemy submarine in action, Japanese I-173.
1945 – Commissioning of USS Higbee (DD 806), the first U.S. Navy ship named after a women member of the U.S. Navy.
1967 – Fire in a command module at Cape Kennedy during simulation countdown. Lunar module pilot Lt. Cmdr. Roger B. Chaffee and two other crew members died.
1973 – Paris Peace Accords signed, ending U.S. participation in the Vietnam War.
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