Historical Retrospective: Hiroshima Atomic Bomb 1945
An article commemorates the 81st anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, in which at least 117,000 people were killed. In addition, other historical events of this date are listed, including Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Russia in 1914 and Gertrude Ederle's swimming across the English Channel in 1926.