Three days after the bombing of Hiroshima, President Truman ordered the second bombing on Japan. It was August 9th, 1945, and an American B-29 bomber named Bock’s Car left Tinian Island on a mission to Kokura, but poor visibility meant redirection of the plane to Nagasaki. The bomber carried the plutonium bomb nicknamed the “Fat Man.” The bomb was dropped at 11:02am, local time. About 70,000 people died and half of the city was destroyed. Memorial services are held annually at both cities; in Kokura as well as Nagasaki.
Check out a text that features several survivors of the bombs in The Atomic Bomb : Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki …
Other Events Today in History…
Robert Gray, first American to Circumnavigate the Earth: Anniversary
Tetonkaha rendezvous: Anniversary
Nixon Resigns: Anniversary
Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed: Anniversary
Source:
Chase’s Calendar of Events 2013