US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

6 August 1945 | US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima

6 August 1945

The United States detonates a uranium bomb over Hiroshima, Japan killing more than 140,000 people within months. Many more later die from radiation-related illnesses.

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