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Old 08-09-2007, 11:06 AM   #13
Mike P
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Originally Posted by Finaddict View Post
Isn't today is also the anniversary of bombing of Nagasaki? Which led Japan to surrender in WWII?
That too. 12 years ago would have been the 50th anniversay, too.

The forgotten atomic city for most people. Being second ever at anything makes you a historical footnote. Everyone knows that John Glenn was the first American to orbit the eath, but maybe 3 people out of a hundred remember that Scott Carpenter was #2.

And even I can't name the second group of astronauts to walk on the moon

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