The United States of America dropped its first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan.
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Norwich University was founded in Vermont.
After being the first man to sail the world non-stop in the wrong direction, Chay Blyth returned to the UK.
A team of NASA scientists declared that the Martian ALH 84001 meteorite might contain traces of alien life.
NASA's Curiosity rover landed on Mars' Aeolis Palus plain.
Mount Tongariro in New Zealand erupted for the first time in 115 years.
