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History Today: When US dropped ‘Little Bomb’ on Japan’s Hiroshima and changed the world
Published on: Aug. 6, 2025, 9:39 a.m. | Source: Firstpost
August 6, 1945 marks a turning point in modern warfare and human history; it's the day the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima amid World War II. Nearly 70,000 people were killed, while tens of thousands more died in the following days and years from injuries, burns, and radiation sickness. On this day in 1978, India's first test-tube baby was born in Kolkata