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Events on Friday 10 October 1845 1
1845United States Naval Academy foundedNaval School opens at AnnapolisSecretary of the Navy George Bancroft established the Naval School at Fort Severn in Annapolis, Maryland. It opened with 50 midshipmen and seven faculty. It was renamed the United States Naval Academy in 1850.