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Bookmark or Share- Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - HISTORYOn August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The explosion immediately killed an...
- What Happened on August 6 - On This DayMajor Events. 1661 The Treaty of The Hague is signed whereby the Dutch Republic sells New Holland (Brazil) for 63 tonnes of gold to Portugal. 1890 At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the 1st person to be executed by electric chair. Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.
- What Happened on August 6 | HISTORYThis Day In History: 08/06/1945 - Atomic Bomb Hits Hiroshima. Wake Up to This Day in History. Discover what happened on August 6 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries,...
- American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima | August 6, 1945 - HISTORYOn August 6, 1945, the United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000...
- On This Day - What Happened on August 6 | BritannicaOn this day in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan—the blast killed more than 70,000 people and destroyed most of the city—in an effort to hasten the end of World War II. Watch news footage of the atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima. U.S. Department of Energy.
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