The first transatlantic yacht race, from Sandy Hook in New Jersey to the Needles off the coast of the Isle of Wight in England, was the result of a drunken wager between three prominent New York businessmen: James Gordon Bennett Jr., Pierre Lorillard, and George Osgood.
21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow
21st June 2019