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Good morning everyone! Today in 1945, the United States dropped its second atomic bomb on Japan, destroying part of the city of Nagasaki. An estimated 74,000 people died from the blast and its after-effects -- and nearly everything within about a kilometre of the explosion was destroyed. The event heralded the end of the Second World War, as Japan surrendered less than a week later. Also today in 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixons resignation took effect, making Vice President Gerald Ford the 38th American president and in 1988, in perhaps the most stunning trade in NHL history, Wayne Gretzky and two other players were traded by the Edmonton Oilers to the Los Angeles Kings in exchange for three Kings, three draft picks and more than US$10 million.
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 14:13:56 +0000

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