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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

August 9 -- Historic date -- Atomic bomb dropped

from NY TIMES List-serv:

ON THIS DAY


On August 9, 1945, the United States exploded
a nuclear device over Nagasaki, Japan, instantly
killing an estimated 39,000 people. The explosion
came three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.

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