August 6, 1945 · 8:15 a.m. local time

Hiroshima

On a Monday morning, the United States dropped the first atomic bomb used in war over a city where roughly 350,000 people were present.

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8:15 a.m.Local time of detonation
About 140,000Estimated deaths by the end of 1945

The city’s year-end estimate includes people who died on the day of the bombing and in the months afterward.