Commander-in-Chief Cleveland orders the Captain F. M. Ramsey, commanding the USS Boston to make a “show of force” off the coast of Haiti, persuading its government to return a U.s. flagged cargo ship, which had been unlawfully seized.

       [added 5/15/2022] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for this entry.

Subsequent Events:

References:

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

Source