From the Navy News Service
1853 - Five Navy ships leave Norfolk,
Va., on three-year exploring expedition to survey the far Pacific.
1927 - USS Memphis arrives at Washington,
D.C., with Charles Lindbergh and his plane, Spirit of St. Louis, after his
non-stop flight across the Atlantic.
1944 - U.S. battleships off Normandy provide
gunfire support.
1953 - Navy ships evacuate 20,000 Koreans from
West Coast Islands to safety south of 17th parallel.
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