HANDLE BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. IT WAS 80 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE U.S. DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON THE JAPANESE CITY OF HIROSHIMA. THREE DAYS LATER, A SECOND BOMB WAS DROPPED ON NAGASAKI. THEY ...

Hiroshima Day 2025: On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb in human history on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. Delivered by the B-29 bomber aircraft, the nuclear bomb was ...

HIROSHIMA, Japan, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Exactly 80 years since an atomic bomb was used in war for the first time, thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Wednesday, as the city's mayor ...

It was August 6, 1945 when the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. The airplane carrying that bomb - built in Omaha, Nebraska. It was called the Enola Gay. It was hand picked ...

The workings of history often seem inevitable: Bygone decisions appear inescapable, and the viability of alternate pathways easily discounted. Recent history is, however, recent—important moments not ...

This August marks 80 years since the United States detonated two atomic weapons over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. This gets a lot of attention in history books and the media, as it marks the end of ...

On August 6, 1945, the sky above the Japanese city of Hiroshima opened. A blinding flash, then a deafening sonic boom. An entire city pulverized in seconds. Thus began the nuclear age. Today, 80 years ...

Jay Cowan still worries about the Rulison blast’s proximity to the Colorado River and expresses disbelief at the 107 days that radioactive gas was burned in order to test whether the radionuclides ...

The Rulison test — conducted at a depth of 8,425 feet — was the deepest subterranean nuclear-bomb detonation conducted in U.S. history.