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    You are hereAtomic bombings of Hiroshima and NagasakiAugust 6, 1945
    1942Chicago Pile-1 Shared thread 1945Little Boy Shared thread 1914Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Shared thread 1945Harry S. Truman Shared thread 1933Enabling Act of 1933 Shared thread 1945Surrender of Japan Shared thread

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    August 6, 1945

    Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

    At 8:15 a.m., much of Hiroshima was starting an ordinary workday; thousands of schoolchildren were outdoors clearing firebreaks. The bomb detonated about 600 metres above a hospital.

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