Multiple choice general knowledge history

The first atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on

  1. Aug. 6, 1945

  2. Aug. 9, 1945

  3. Aug. 9, 1946

  4. Aug. 6, 1942
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The first atomic bomb used in warfare was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945. This was codenamed 'Little Boy' and was dropped by the United States. The bombing destroyed much of Hiroshima and led to Japan's surrender after the second bomb on Nagasaki three days later.

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