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Date: August 6, 2016 at 06:02:39 EDT
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Subject: 1945: American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
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1945 American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima On this day in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world's first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima. Approximately 80,000 people are killed as a direct result of the blast, and another 35,000 are injured. At least another 60,000 would be dead by the... read more »
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