From the Navy News Service
1801 – The U.S. Senate approves a peace treaty with France, ending an undeclared naval war which began in 1798.
1917 – The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany.
1991 – Battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) fires eight 2,000-pound shells from her 16-inch guns, destroying prefabricated enemy concrete command and control bunkers Iraq is moving into Kuwait.
For more information about naval history, visit the Naval Historical Center Web site at www.history.navy.mil.
