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Monday, January 1, 2001
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Atomic bomb
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Atomic bomb:
First - on Hiroshima, Japan, August 6, 1945. Bomb was called "The little boy" dropped from a B-29 named The Enola Gay.
The pilot was Col. Paul Tibbets, Jr. 4.7 square miles, destroyed, 92,000 dead.
Second - on Nagasaki, Japan, August 9, 1945. Bomb was called "The fat boy" dropped from a B-29 named Bock's Car.
The pilot was Maj. Charles Sweeney. 1.8 square miles destroyed, 40,000 dead.
See World Book Encyclopedia under Nuclear weapons
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