From the Navy News Service 1814 - In the Battle of Lake
Champlain, Commodore Thomas Macdonough defeats a British
Squadron. 1939 - USS Bear (AG 29) is commissioned by the U.S.
Navy for Antarctic operations under command of Rear Adm. Richard
Byrd. 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces order to
the Navy to "shoot on sight" vessels threatening U.S. shipping
or ships under U.S. escort. 1942 - Pharmacist's Mate 1st Class
Wheeler B. Lipes performs emergency appendectomy on Seaman 1st
Class Darrell D. Rector, aboard USS Seadragon (SS 194), on
patrol in South China Sea. 1943 - Italian Navy surrenders to
Allies. 1945 - Operation Magic Carpet, the return of troops to
the Unites States, begins. 2001 - One hundred twenty-five
Pentagon employees, including 42 Sailors and Department of the
Navy civilians, are killed along with 59 airline passengers when
terrorists fly a highjacked airliner into the Pentagon.