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Atom Bomb on Hiroshima, WW2 > 
On 6th August 1945, a B29 bomber (Enola Gay) dropped an atom bomb on Hiroshima. It has been estimated that over the years around 200,000 people have died as a result of this bomb being dropped. Japan did not surrender immediately and a second bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later. On 10th August the Japanese surrendered. The Second World War was over.
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Democritus, Atomic Theory
Democritus of Abdera is best known for his atomic theory but he was also an excellent geometer. Very little is known of his life but we know that Leucippus was his teache... |
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Harry Truman, 33rd President USA
Harry Truman was president of America (1945-1952) after the death of F.D. Roosevelt in April 1945. Harry Truman gave the order for the atomic bombs to be dropped on Hiros... |
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AtomicArchive.com
Explore the History of the Atomic Bomb: atomic bomb, atomic, nuclear, weapons, nuclear weapons,Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Trinity Test, Oppenheimer, Fermi, Szilard, atoms, nuc... |
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Hirohito, 124th Emperor of Japan
Hirohito, the Showa Emperor, reigned over Japan from 1926 to 1989. He was known in the West by his given name Hirohito (he had no surname). He was the 124th Emperor of Ja... |
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Oppenheimer, Inventor Atomic Bomb
Upon hearing of discovery of fission in 1939, J. Robert Oppenheimer immediately grasped the possibility of atomic bombs. In 1941, he was brought into the atomic bomb proj... |
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