It was on a rainy April 23, 1969 (49 years ago this week) that Robin Knox-Johnston sailed into England’s Plymouth Harbor to win the Golden Globe Race and become the first person to sail nonstop around the planet. He soon became Sir Robin and the most celebrated voyager of modern times. To commemorate the achievement, The Guardian, an English newspaper, recreated the event in this week’s edition. Read all about it.
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