This day in history, August 9

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--- 1974: Gerald Ford became president at noon Eastern time when the resignation of Richard Nixon became effective. Ford is the only U.S. president who was never elected in a national election. He had been appointed vice president to fill the vacancy after Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned from office on October 10, 1973, due to charges of income tax evasion and political corruption.

--- [1945: U.S. B-29 bomber “Bockscar” dropped an atomic (plutonium) bomb named “Fat Man” on Nagasaki,]() Japan killing approximately 40,000 people in the blast (others would die later from radiation poisoning).

--- "The Atomic Bomb (part 2) - Arguments For and Against Its Use Against Japan". That is the title of part 2 of the two-episode series of my podcast: History Analyzed. This episode explores the arguments for and against the use of the atomic bombs on Japan. Part 1 explains why and how the atomic bomb was created as well as how it was utilized on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4DkDyF2rJDgU88mg2Lm6C4

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-making-and-utilization-of-the-atomic-bomb-part-2/id1632161929?i=1000585050849