The atomic age began between heartbeats at 8:15 am on August 6, 1945, when the Japanese city of Hiroshima was leveled by an atomic bomb. Three days later, the US dropped a second bomb on Nagasaki, marking the first time humanity broke atoms in anger.

 
										
 
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                     
                         
                     
                         
                     
                         
        
 
                     
            
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