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2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When was the 75th anniversary of the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack observed?
A
August 5th, 2020
B
August 4th, 2020
C
August 7th, 2020
D
August 6th, 2020
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The year 2020 falls on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing.

Detailed explanation-2: -Hiroshima marks 77 years since atomic attack – DW – 08/06/2022.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first atomic bomb, named Little Boy, was dropped on Hiroshima from the Enola Gay, a B-29 bomber, at 8:15 AM on August 6, 1945. The second bomb, named Fat Man, was dropped on Nagasaki from the Bockscar, also a B-29 bomber, at 11:02 AM on August 9, 1945.

Detailed explanation-4: -On August 6, 1945, during World War II (1939-45), an American B-29 bomber dropped the world’s first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese city of Hiroshima.

Detailed explanation-5: -The two bombings killed between 129, 000 and 226, 000 people, most of whom were civilians, and remain the only use of nuclear weapons in an armed conflict.

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