{"id":54620,"date":"2025-08-09T04:56:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-09T04:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/54620\/"},"modified":"2025-08-09T04:56:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-09T04:56:08","slug":"today-in-history-august-9-simple-twist-of-fate-saves-city-from-complete-destruction-9news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/54620\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in History &#8211; August 9: Simple twist of fate saves city from complete destruction &#8211; 9News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxQMGF1NFlxNDB1YldlRXBuM3lNa3AtRjdmSHRmRFg2alBEVG16Rkt1cDc5MkVxSDBBNDFkYlRLRExtcVZxTFlLaW5XdmdHUl9LMDQ1ZGxwMTM5V1l3UzByR3ZhSWtMa0VyZWxfMnB3dndEckFidmtPbGNLTFU2LU1Mc21EdF9lZi13SkNHY01RLUx4MHlEaVR3U3hUZERKakh2QlV5T2ZEakVUZll6TzFDQkRNV1RyclE0N3o0aWdyZ2ZSckNZR0swYTBhTkVXZmFMcGxZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Today in History &#8211; August 9: Simple twist of fate saves city from complete destruction<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;9News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi3gFBVV95cUxOV3dLbzVwX3JycENvSWxSb0Z1SkFiUF9BZEZUM2o5QzBoTDVpRkctdEVoYThWVjFFNmIxcTRCdkotSEROQmRfRU9QQ0Q1akpmbGVmTHYyUFp1TzVSc0JBUEs0VjZySE1PTFh2ZldHNG5jY1pkbnJXN3NxMV82Yi1YZ1dsVV8yTVpXMmMweEh6bGd5aGxWbnJvdHlRb2tIeDVqZ1NZeVFLMm85YUVWV2ZqMzhDcnRrUVhaVm9fOVlyY3MwMXI1NmZCR0hIWHRiLWoxMS13M1kxdmVNdXFxWHc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Silenced by the atomic bomb, Nagasaki bell to ring again after 80 years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;sbs.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.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?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nagasaki cathedral bells to ring together since US atomic bombing of Japan<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Al Jazeera<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxOeGZXTGsxeFdyZXVpUmdDWE1NQnc4bGdKV1FmZWlQR2V1WTlSMjY2R090dkVXakVSTzBwOHNwMEt6MDlBSzJWSzdiTXY4SzJ6VFV2dmU1S3d2WnRwc0hNLU1QUlpTTzhJakdXLXFRTzhyT1phRXkwcnVqdmtBaU5zOEZRcDA0cGt1VlJJdlN0T0lnYjZ0elpUWUNDUHdzYmRhdmVTbVRRRGl1TVk?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Did the Nagasaki bomber \u2018miss\u2019 on purpose to save lives?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxPTFA1SXc5UXJJaF9TU01tYmxkenczcDBlWVhYYkJUeTNFU0k0eXg4LWlNVm1MWnJ6OTNnN2lNWU1pUlljR2swdURGU01WQVpPS3RMMDhNamlmcTA3Z29pNHh1cXlidnJtTm1oM3Y4VXExQnlLNUtSSWVsdHhlNE9NSA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Nagasaki Wasn&#8217;t Supposed to Be the Second Atomic Bomb Target<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;History.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Today in History &#8211; August 9: Simple twist of fate saves city from complete destruction&nbsp;&nbsp;9NewsSilenced by the atomic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-54620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}