Today in America's Cup History
Historical Events
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1851-08-12 - 1st America's Cup-US schooner America beats British yacht Aurora
1851-08-22 - Yacht "America" wins 1st Royal Yacht Squadron Cup (America's Cup)
1870-08-08 - Magic (US) defeats Cambria (Engld) in 2nd running of America's Cup
1871-10-23 - Columbia & Sappho (US) beat Livonia (UK) in 3rd America's Cup
1876-08-12 - Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup
1885-09-16 - Puritan (US) beats Genesta (England) in 6th running of America's Cup
1886-09-11 - Mayflower (US) beats Galatea (England) in 7th America's Cup
1887-09-30 - Volunteer (US) beats Thistle (Scotland) in 8th America's Cup
1893-10-13 - Vigilant (US) beats Valkyrie II (Engld) in 9th America's Cup
1895-09-12 - Defender (US) beats Valkyrie III (Engld) in 10th America's Cup
1899-10-20 - Columbia (US) beats Shamrock (England) in 11th America's Cup
1901-10-04 - Columbia (US) beats Shamrock II (England) in 12th America's Cup
1903-09-03 - Resolute beats Shamrock III (England) in 13th America's Cup
1920-07-27 - Resolute beats Shamrock IV (England) in 14th running of America's Cup
1930-09-18 - Enterprise (US) beats Shamrock V (England) in 15th America's Cup
1934-09-25 - Rainbow (US) beats Endeavour (England) in 16th America's Cup
1937-08-05 - Ranger (US) beats Endeavour II (England) in 17th America's Cup
1958-09-26 - Columbia (US) beats Sceptre (England) in 18th America's Cup
1962-09-15 - Australia's 1st entry in America's Cup yacht race (US wins)
1962-09-25 - Weatherly (US) beats Gretel (Aust) in 19th running of America's Cup
1964-09-21 - Constellation (US) beats Sovereign (England) in 20th America's Cup
1967-09-18 - Intrepid (US) beats Dame Pattie (Aust) in 21st America's Cup
1970-09-28 - Intrepid (US) beats Gretel II (Aust) in 22nd America's Cup
1974-09-17 - Courageous (US) beats Southern Cross (Aust) in 23rd America's Cup
1977-09-18 - Courageous (US) sweeps Australia (Aust) in 24th America's Cup
1983-09-26 - Australia II wins America's Cup yacht race (1st non-US winner)
1987-02-03 - SD Yacht Club celebrates return of America's Cup
1987-02-04 - Stars & Stripes beats Australia's Kookaburra 3, sweeps America's Cup
1987-02-07 - Dennis Conner & Stars & Stripes bring America's Cup back to US
1989-03-28 - New Zealand wins America's Cup over Stars & Stripes, in a NY court
1989-04-07 - NY Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from SD Yacht Club for using a catamaran against NZ. Appeals court eventually overrules
1989-09-17 - NYC court of appeals overturns lower court decision & returns America's Cup back to US (from NZ)
1989-09-19 - Appeals court restores America's Cup to US after NY Supreme Court gave it to NZ (NZ protested US's use of a catamaran)
1990-04-26 - NY court of appeals ends 2½ year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case
1995-01-13 - America3 becomes 1st all-female crew to win an America's Cup race
1995-05-13 - New Zealand beats US for the America's Cup
Famous Birthdays
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1938-11-19 - Ted Turner, broadcasting mogul/owns (Atlanta Braves)/won America's Cup
1943-09-16 - Dennis W Conner, yachting pro (4-time America's Cup-winning skipper)
1949-06-30 - Eric Goetz, NYC, US shipbuilder (America's Cup 1995)
Famous Deaths
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2001-12-06 - Sir Peter Blake, New Zealand yachtsman & winner of numerous Whitbread and America's Cup sailing contests, killed by pirates on the Amazon River at age 53
