On this day.

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3 March

On 3 March 1776, the U.S. Continental Navy and Continental Marines, under the command of Commodore Esek Hopkins, performed the Marine’s first ever amphibious landing.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-day-3-March

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5 March

On the 5th of March 1800, the HMS Phoebe, a 36-gun 5th rate, captured the Heureux, a 22-gun privateer.

http://sailsofglory.org/showthread.p...is-day-5-March