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On August 6, 1945, a 10-foot-long uranium bomb called "Little Boy" was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
First came the idea of splitting the atom; then, a chain of events leading to a moment forever etched in collective ...
On Aug. 15, Japan surrendered. The Japanese empire’s bloody march through Asia was over. But the impact on civilians lingered ...
SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M. — On July 16, 1945, the sky above the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico was illuminated by the explosion of the world's first atomic bomb, marking a pivotal moment in ...
TOKYO, Jan. 6, 2010 -- The only person officially recognized as having been twice in the bull's eye of atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki has died. Tsutomu Yamaguchi, aged 93, passed away Monday ...