THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 8
July 8 in history
What happened on July 8: 1 moment from the Maps of History atlases, in 1853, each linked to the map that shows it.
Commodore Perry’s four black ships anchor at Uraga at the mouth of Edo Bay with a letter demanding that Japan open its ports; within fifteen years the shogunate that received him is gone.
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