- 1943 - USS Argonaut sinks the Japanese guard boat Ebon Maru in the Bismarck Sea.
- 1944 - Aerial mine laying operations continue in the Marshall Islands. Five PV-1s (VB 137) and one PBY-5 (VP 72) mine Jabor Anchorage, Jaluit.
- 1944 - USS Finback (SS 230) sinks a Japanese merchant tanker in the East China Sea.
- 2000 - Retired Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., the 19th CNO, dies at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
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Retired Adm. Elmo Zumwalt dies in North Carolina. A decorated war veteran, Zumwalt reformed Navy personnel policies as CNO in an effort to improve enlisted life and ease racial tensions.
