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Hiroshima in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Hiroshima in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

3 records1 event labels3 people1945–1945

Historical events in Hiroshima

1945

August 1945
Bombing of Hiroshima
Suziki Kantaro · World War, 2nd

The Us drops atomic bombs on Hiroshima

6 August 1945
Bombing of Hiroshima
Senkichi Awaya · World War, 2nd

Dies when the uranium bomb destroys Hiroshima.

9 August 1945
Bombing of Hiroshima
Hirohito · World War, 2nd

The USA drops a plutonium bomb on Hiroshima. More than 10 sqr miles are obliterated & 137,000 killed

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These entries are generated from stored World History Database records whose country and place fields match Japan and Hiroshima. Names, dates, event labels and descriptions are reviewed and normalised as the database develops. Historical place names may not match modern administrative boundaries.

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