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Events on Friday 22 August 1851 1
1851First America's Cup raceThe schooner America wins the Royal Yacht Squadron's raceOn 22 August 1851, the American schooner America defeated a fleet of British yachts in a race around the Isle of Wight. The trophy she won became known as the America's Cup, now the oldest active trophy in international sport.