aug 28, 1945 - Bombing of Nagasaki
Description:
-Although estimates vary, perhaps 40,000 people were killed by the initial detonation.-By the beginning of 1946, 30,000 more people were dead. And within the next five years, well over 100,000 deaths were directly attributable to the bombing of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.
-the reason so many people died is because the bomb used had emitted toxic gases.
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Date:
aug 28, 1945
Now
~ 80 years ago