On August 22, 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup.
The Haitian Revolution began on this date in 1791, marking the rise of enslaved people of Saint-Domingue against French colonizers in a fight for freedom.
In 1910, Japan annexed Korea, marking the beginning of a 35-year period where Korea remained under Japanese colonial rule until the end of World War II.
In 1965, a feud between the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers culminated in a fourteen-minute brawl after a memorable incident involving a baseball bat.
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