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 ...

A B-29 releases incendiary bombs on Yokohama in May 1945 (image via National Museum of US Air Force) Hiroshima on the morning of August 6, 1945, was bright, sunny, and perhaps a little uncomfortably ...

Survivors of the Hiroshima bombing retell the moments before and after on August 6, 1945. On August 6, 1945, the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan. Survivors of the bombing (Hibakusha) ...

The U.S. used the first-ever atomic weapon of war on August 6, 1945. The effects are still being felt around the world, including in Chicago. August 6 marks the 80th anniversary of the bombing of ...

On August 6, 1945, the city of Hiroshima became the first target of an atomic bomb in human history. In a single instant, a thriving city was reduced to ruins, and tens of thousands of lives were lost ...

Japan marks 80th anniversary of atomic bombing in Hiroshima The atomic bombings of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Nagasaki three days later brought a scale of destruction the world had never seen.

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This crowd in front of the Husker Theater, which was located at 1444 O St. in Lincoln, was treated to a free holiday show on December 24, 1948. A diphtheria outbreak swept through many homes in ...