Nagasaki urges nuke ban on 75th anniversary of US A-bombing August 08, 2020 at 04:51PM

The August 9, 1945, bombing came three days after the United States dropped its first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the world's first ever nuclear attack that killed 140,000. On August 15, Japan surrendered, ending World War II. Many survivors developed cancer or other illnesses due to radiation.