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1989 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h
1981 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins 1971 Jayne Fenner, born in Four Marks, England, U.S. sailing 1992 Olympics 1969 Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing 1957 German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean 1951 Christopher Cross, born in Texas, singer, Sailing 1951 Christopher Cross, Geppert, Texas, singer, Sailing, Arthur's Theme 1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1905 Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet, Sailing 1894 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me 1805 Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 1741 Captain Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America 1488 Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope |
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