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Thursday, September 8, 2011

September 8

September 8, 1664 - British Colonel Richard Nicolls captured the city of New Amsterdam from the Dutch, and renamed the settlement New York. The area's native hipster population soon became indignant, claiming that they had been calling the city New York well before everyone decided the new name was cool.

1 comment:

  1. ONE OF MY GRANDKIDS IS ONE A THOSE SHITTY HIPSTERS, DOESN'T DO SHIT

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