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Archive Home > 2009 > August > 06 > U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945

U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
August 6, 2009

Today is Thursday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2009. There are 147 days left in the year.

Today's Highlight in History

On Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an estimated 140,000 deaths in the first use of a nuclear weapon in....

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