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On this day: 8 September |
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•1664: The Dutch colony of New Amsterdam is surrendered to the British. It is renamed New York five years later.
•1855: British and French troops capture Sevastopol from the Russians, effectively ending the Crimean War.
•1944: The first German V2 rocket lands on London. It hits Chiswick, killing three people.
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