August 6, 1945, is not a day to be forgotten. It marks the world's first use of an atomic bomb, which was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the U.S. Military. Three days later, the United States dropped a second atom bomb on the city of Nagasaki bringing World War II to an end. In total, more than 140,000 people were estimated to be killed. Although the most memorable effects of the atomic bomb were …showed first 75 words of 1230 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1230 total…to nuclear inhalation during the cold war, but its benefits have been much greater. We have turned nuclear power into a reliable source of energy, and it has provided us with many technological advances. In the future we can look forward to using the technology discovered during the Manhattan Project to create even better sources of energy. We are only at the beginning of the Atomic Age, and there are endless possibilities for the future.