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On Aug. 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.
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In 1791, the Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up against French colonizers.
In 1910, Japan annexed Korea, which remained under Japanese control until the end of World War II.
