2013 Event Oracle Team USA has a remarkable comeback, winning the America's Cup sailing competition; the team defeated New Zealand 9-8 2011 Event A Mongolian bulk carrier sailing off the coast of Oman is seized by Somali pirates 2010 Event Somali pirates seized Indian crewmen and the Panamanian-flagged ship they were sailing off the coast of Tanzania 1989 Event Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-SF, 80 d 20 h 1981 Event 23rd Grammy Awards: Sailing, Christopher Cross, Billy Joel wins 1971 Birthday Jayne Fenner, born in Four Marks, England, U.S. sailing 1992 Olympics 1969 Event Robin Knox-Johnston ends 312 day non-stop sailing 1957 Event German sailing school ship Pamir sails Atlantic Ocean 1929 Birthday Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles 1905 Birthday Gerrit Achterberg, Dutch poet, Sailing 1894 Event 1st U.S. steel sailing vessel, Dirigo, launched, Bath, Me 1805 Event Sailing ship "Aeneus" sinks off Newfoundland killing 340 1741 Event Captain Bering leaves Petropavlovsk, sailing to America 1488 Event Bartholomeus Diaz returns to Portugal after sailing round Cape of Good Hope
