Today’s history: 76 years ago the world saw the destructive form of atomic weapons for the first time, 2 cities of Japan were destroyed by American attack

year 1945. The Allied victory in World War II was almost certain. Germany had surrendered and now Japan was the only country that was competing with the Allies. In July 1945, US President Harry Truman, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Union leader Joseph Stalin met in Potsdam, Germany. It was here that Truman and Churchill agreed that if Japan did not immediately surrender unconditionally, “strong action” would be taken against it.

The morning of 6 August 1945 was about to bring to Japan a tragedy that no one had imagined. It was 8 in the morning. The Japanese had come to work. Then the thunder of American planes resonated over the city of Hiroshima. In one of these aircraft, a bomb 3.5 meters long, weighing 4 tons and with an energy equivalent to 20 thousand TNT was ready to cause havoc. Its name was Little Boy.

It was loaded into an aircraft named Enola Gay. Pilot Paul Tibbets was flying this plane. The bomb was aimed at the AOE Bridge in Hiroshima. The bomb dropped from the plane at 8:15 in the morning and after 43 seconds it exploded over the Sheema clinic, some distance from its target.

After the attack, the entire city of Hiroshima was reduced to flat land.

Before anyone could understand anything, everything got mixed up in the mud. The temperature reached above one million degrees Celsius. Whoever came in the JD of the bomb, was reduced to ashes. In seconds, 80 thousand people died.

With this, this city with a population of more than 3 lakhs was destroyed. Hiroshima was the 7th largest city in Japan. It was also the headquarters of the Second Army and the Chugoku Regional Army. Due to military bases, this city was the target of America.

Before Japan could recover from this attack, the US dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on August 9. His name was Fatman. Japan was completely ruined by these two attacks within 3 days. The exact figure of those who died is not known till date. It is believed that 1.40 lakh people died in Hiroshima and about 70 thousand in Nagasaki. Apart from this, thousands of people were injured, became victims of atomic radiation and they also got cancer. The wounds of this tragedy are still present in the people of Japan.

1986: Birth of India’s first test tube baby

6 August 1986. Jaslok Hospital in Mumbai. 3:30 in the morning. Maniben gave birth to a daughter in the hospital. With this, a new achievement was added to the name of India. This was the first birth in India through test tube technology.

Mani Chavda, 24, was a part-time teacher and her husband was an employee of the Bombay Municipal Corporation. After marriage, both were trying to become parents for many years, but due to some reasons there were problems in pregnancy.

In 2016, Harsha Chavda also gave birth to a son.

Then he consulted with Dr. Indira Hinduja. Doctor Hinduja advised Maniben to become a mother through IVF technique. Maniben followed the doctor’s advice and after that the team led by the doctor started work on Mani Chavda’s pregnancy through IVF technique.

In the lab itself, the embryo was created by mixing sperm and egg. On 30 November 1985, this embryo was transferred to Maniben’s uterus. On January 6, 1986, ultrasound confirmed a healthy pregnancy. On 6 August 1986, Maniben gave birth to a daughter, who was named Harsha. In 2016, Harsha Chavda also gave birth to a son.

1997: Sri Lanka made the record for the biggest innings in Test cricket

The Indian team toured Sri Lanka in August 1997. Test and ODI series were to be played between the two countries. In the first match of the Test series, the Sri Lankan team made a record that no one has been able to break till date.

The match began on 2 August 1997. India won the toss and decided to bat first. Navjot Singh Sidhu, Mohammad Azharuddin and captain Sachin Tendulkar scored centuries. India declared the innings at the score of 537 runs.

Sanath Jayasuriya and Marvan Atapattu came out to open for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka got the first blow on the score of 39 runs when Atapattu was dismissed after scoring 26 runs.

No team has been able to break the record of this score of Sri Lanka till date.

After this Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama carried forward the Sri Lankan innings. Sanath Jayasuriya (340) and Roshan Mahanama (225) shared a record partnership of 576 runs for the second wicket. On 6 August 1997, Sri Lanka scored 952 runs for the loss of 6 wickets.

With this, Sri Lanka had made the biggest score in a Test match. Earlier this record was in the name of England. In 1934, England scored 903 runs against Australia.

6th August is also remembered because of these important events in history.

1990: The United Nations Security Council announced economic sanctions on Iraq because of the attack on Kuwait.

1990: Pakistani President Ghulam Isaac Khan removed Benazir Bhutto from the post of Prime Minister.

1962: After 300 years, Jamaica became an independent nation after being freed from British rule.

1926: American swimmer Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim across the English Channel.

1890: In New York, William Kemler was sentenced to death by electrocution in an electric chair. William killed a woman with an axe. This was the first case when someone was given death sentence through an electric chair.