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I'm a day late for the 40th anniversary of the Headington Shark (proper name Untitled 1986), but shout-out anyhow for Bill Heine, John Buckley, and Anton Castiau for dreaming it up and doing it. It… |
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On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic attack against Hiroshima, Japan, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This effectively brought World War … ×2 |
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On Aug. 9, 1945, three days after the atomic attack against Hiroshima, Japan, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar dropped the Fat Man atomic bomb on Nagasaki. This effectively brought World War … |
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August 9, a U.S. B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Man" on the Japanese city of Nagasaki three days after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Three weeks later, Japan formally surrende… |
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Great article on this, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Fun fact: you can buy Fat Man and Little Boy keychains, earrings, and wine corks in the Nuclear Museum Gift Store… |
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Great article on this, the 81st anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
Fun fact: you can buy Fat Man and Little Boy keychains, earrings, and wine corks in the Nuclear Museum Gift Store… |
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August 9, 1945: US drops second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki.
The hilly terrain of Nagasaki protected it to some extent and there was no firestorm.
The effects were still catastrophic, wit… |
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#TodayinHistory in 1945: “Fat Man” was dropped on Nagasaki, ushering in a new atomic age.
This #SundayRead returns us to the question: was this technology the destroyer of worlds or a force for go… |
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This Day In #WWII #History: A dense column of smoke rises more than 60,000 feet into the air over the Japanese port of Nagasaki, the result of a U.S. Boeing B-29 Superfortress dropping the atomic b… |
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This is Bocks Car, the B-29 bomber that dropped the “Fat Man” nuclear weapon on Nagasaki, Japan, on this date in 1945. USAF Museum, Dayton OH, all photos mine. |
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Pause for remembrance, 81 years ago today.
August 9, 1945, the U.S. killed 100,00 civilians in Nagasaki with “Fat Man,” code name for the first plutonium fueled atomic bomb used in warfare in world… |
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On this day in 1945: The United States dropped a second atomic bomb on Japan: a plutonium bomb code-named “Fat Man.” Between 60,000 and 80,000 Nagasaki residents died. Six days later, Japan announc… |
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August 9th, 1944: A second atomic bomb was dropped on the city of Nagasaki. A B-29 bomber called Boxscar took off from Tinian at 1:56 am. At 11:02 am, the bomb, dubbed Fat Man was dropped and deton… |
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At 2:47 pm, EST US August 8 1946 Major Charles W. Sweeney flew a B-29, Bock's Car, headed for Kokura Japan intending 2 drop atomic bomb Fat Man named after Sydney Greenstreet's character in "The Ma… |
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August 9, 1945
Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanese… |
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9 August 1945: The Japanese city of Nagasaki was destroyed by the atomic bomb "Fat Man". At least 70,000 people were killed. #History #WW2 |
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#OhThisDay Auguster 9, 1945 US drops #second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on #Nagasaki, Japan, destroying part of the city
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☢️ On this day in 1945, the United States dropped the atomic bomb Fat Man on Nagasaki.
Nagasaki wasn't the primary target. Clouds had obscured Kokura, forcing the bomber to turn toward its secon… |
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9 August 1945 (81 years ago): World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, incl… |
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On this day in 1945, the United States drpped the "Fat Man" atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. |
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9 August 1945
Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb, Fat Man, is dropped by the United States B-29 Bockscar. Thirty-five thousand people are killed outright, including 23,200–28,200 Japanes… |
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Christians killing Christians in Nagasaki
81 years have passed since an atomic bomb affectionately nicknamed “Fat Man” was dropped on the Japanese port of Nagasaki, a Christian enclave in Japan si… |
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FACT OF THE DAY. 9 August 1945. A US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb (nicknamed “Fat Man”) on Nagasaki, Japan. Up to 80,000 were killed and hundreds of thousands more died later from the effects… |
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Nagasaki #OnThisDay
On 9 August 1945 the US dropped a second atomic bomb "Fat Man" on Nagasaki, Japan, destroying part of the city.... |
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At this instant in 1945 (11:02 AM August 9, local time), Fat Man—a 21-kiloton implosion-type atomic bomb weighing 10,265 lbs—exploded ~1,650 feet over Nagasaki, missing its intended aim point by 1.… |
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9 August 1945. A US B-29 bomber dropped an atomic bomb (nicknamed “Fat Man”), on Nagasaki, Japan: 40,000 were killed instantly and hundreds thousands more died later from the effects of radiation … |
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1⃣ 08/09/1945 - The US dropped a second nuclear bomb codenamed 'Fat Man', targeting this time on the Japanese port city of Nagasaki. It unleashes a blast that engulfed about a square mile of the ci… |
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