Arts & Culture
When New Amsterdam Became New York: September 8, 1664
Uncover the story of how Peter Stuyvesant lost the Dutch colony to the British, marking the end of an era.
In 1853 US Commodore Matthew Perry steamed his way into Tokyo Bay (then called Edo Bay) and pretty much bullied
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