On This Day In History America Drops the Atomic Bomb on HiroshimaOn This Day In History America Drops the Atomic Bomb on HiroshimaOn this day, August 6th in 1945, at 8:16 a.m. Japanese time, an American B-29 bomber, the Enola Gay, drops the world’s first atom bomb, over the city of Hiroshima.Spencer BennettSpencer Bennett