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10 dates that shook the world
1945 - Dropping the nuclear bombs
The first atomic bomb ever used in war was called 'Little Boy' and was dropped by the United States Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay on to Hiroshima in Japan killing 140,000.
Sending the world into a frenzy, the bombs proved to the world that mankind has the opportunity to destroy itself.
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