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On September 26, 1983, Australian 12-metre-class yacht, Australia II, finally won an Americas Cup yacht race, the first time in 132 years that the Cup was lost by an American sailboat representing the New York Yacht Club.
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Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
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On September 26, 1983, Australian 12-metre-class yacht, Australia II, finally won an Americas Cup yacht race, the first time in 132 years that the Cup was lost by an American sailboat representing the New York Yacht Club.
The text narrated in this video is from the original article at historyandheadlines.com/history-short-how-long-can-a-win-streak-get
Author: Major Dan
Editor and Narrator: Dr. Zar
The following media files are in the public domain for various reasons or have no known copyright restrictions:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(John_McGraw_%26_Buck_Herzog,_New_York_NL,_and_Christy_Mathewson,_Cincinnati_NL_(baseball))_LOC_14357317391.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Defeat.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wilt_Chamberlain_1972.jpeg
The images by Bernard Gagnon available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gillette_Stadium04.jpg, by CTBOLT available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_II_pan.JPG, and by Danny Karwoski available at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2016_Regional_Champions_-_Bridgeport.jpg are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en
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