Hiroshima Day honours the memory of the United States' World War II bombing attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.
Every year on August 6, Hiroshima Day is observed to promote peace politics and increase public awareness of the consequences of the bombing of Hiroshima. On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima city was struck by an atomic bomb, instantly killing thousands of people. The Japanese city was atomically bombed on this day 76 years ago. It was the initial nuclear bomb attack on a city.
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The first Venice International Film Festival took place between August 6 and 21, 1932.
Aditya Narayan, an Indian playback singer, television host, and actor from Bollywood, was born in 1987.