Japan Marks 61st Anniversary of Hiroshima Atomic Bomb AttackSunday, August 06, 2006
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A bell rang at 8:15 a.m., marking the time when the American B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped its deadly payload on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. It was the first atomic bomb ever used in war.
An estimated 140,000 people were killed instantly or died within a few months after the bombing. Three days later, another U.S. warplane dropped a plutonium bomb on the city of Nagasaki, killing about 80,000 people.
Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945, bringing World War II to an end.
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