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America's Cup History - On This Day

Events in Sport 1851-08-22 100 Guineas Cup is raced around Isle of Wight; US schooner 'America' beats British cutter 'Aurora' by 24 minutes; first competition for the America's Cup yachting trophy 1870-08-08 1st America's Cup: New York Yacht Club’s first defense of America’s Cup; 'Magic' (NYYC) defeats 'Cambria' (Royal Thames YC, England; finishes 8th) and 16 fellow defenders from NY Harbour to Sandy Hook Light Vessel on the Atlantic and return (38 miles) 1871-10-23 Replacement yacht Sappho (US) beats Livonia (UK) by 25:27 in race 5 to win 3rd America's Cup off Newport, RI 4-1; original defender Columbia damaged so misses races 4 & 5 1876-08-12 Madeline (US) beats Countess Dufferin (Canada) in 4th America's Cup 1885-09-16 5th America's Cup: Puritan (NY Yacht Club) beats Genesta (Royal Yacht Squadron, Isle of Wight, UK) by 1:38 for 2-0 series win 1886-09-11 6th America's Cup: Mayflower (NY Yacht Club) beats Galatea (Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club, Scotland) for 2-0 series victory 1887-09-30 8th America's Cup: New York Yacht Club’s cutter Volunteer beats Scottish challenger Thistle by 11:48.

Ariel Winter claims her butt ate her shorts, but girl, we see you

You don’t know me, but I know you. My name is Ej, and for years I’ve watched you evolve from a tiny, mousy little child star on Modern Familyinto a proud and confident adult woman. You look great. You are great. We're big fans. Recently, however, I saw photos of you making a supermarket run while wearing a top knot and booty shorts. At first, I was like, “There Ariel Winter goes again, trolling the paparazzi with her provocative outfits.

Audrey Hepburn Quotes: Inspirational Quotes

May 4 isn’t just the day that Star Wars “May the fourth be with you” memes flood your newsfeed—it’s also Audrey Hepburn’s birthday. The actress would have turned 87 today. Hepburn died at the age of 63, but as humanitarian, a rare EGOT winner and a loving mother, she was always wise beyond her years. Here are some of our favorite quotes from the fashion icon. “For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.

Breaking Down the Ending of 'Thanksgiving'

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Thanksgiving. Sprinkled throughout Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 double-feature extravaganza Grindhouse are a series of B-movie-style fake trailers directed by a lineup of renowned genre filmmakers. In the 16 years since the film's release, two of those trailers—Rodriguez's Machete and Jason Eisener, John Davies, and Rob Cotterill's Hobo With a Shotgun—have been turned into full-length features. As of Nov. 17, a third has arrived in theaters: Eli Roth's Thanksgiving.

Cinema: The New Pictures, Jun. 16, 1952

Red Ball Express (Universal-International) is a tardy tribute to the U.S. Army transportation crews which sped gas, ammunition and food to Patton’s Third Army when it outran its supply lines during the August 1944 Allied breakthrough in France. Red Ball Express (railroadese for top priority freight) captures some of the excitement of its subject through wartime combat film pieced out with action scenes shot at Fort Eustis, Va. But the picture is loaded down with a complex plot about a lieutenant (Jeff Chandler) whose top sergeant (Alex Nicol) hates him because he believes the lieutenant is responsible for the death of the sergeant’s brother in a prewar trucking accident.