August 6, 1945. the Hiroshima bombing.

 Dateline: August 6, 1945. the Hiroshima bombing. Hiroshima  is best known as the first city in history to be targeted by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, near the end of World War II. Its name 広島 means "Wide Island".

 On Monday, August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., the Atomic Bomb "Little Boy" was dropped on Hiroshima by an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, flown by Paul Tibbets, directly killing an estimated 80,000 people. By the end of the year, injury and radiation brought total casualties to 90,000–140,000. The population before the bombing was around 340,000 to 350,000. Approximately 69% of the city's buildings were completely destroyed, and another 7% severely damaged.

 In a scene from the closing part of the movie "EMPIRE OF THE SUN" , Jim stays behind with Mrs. Victor, a woman who acted as his guardian way back in the interment camp at Soochow. Jim tells her to act dead so they can stay, however, Mrs. Victor actually dies. Jim is devastated. As he sits with her body he sees a gigantic flash of light to the east, one of the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Japan. Jim believes it is Mrs. Victor's ascending soul. The radio broadcast later reports about the new weapon dropped on the city of Hiroshima. August 6, 1945.