Today is a shameful day in the history of human civilization because today is Hiroshima Day. It was 6 August in 1945, when an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, followed a few days later by another dropped on the city of Nagasaki. The bombings effectively ended World War II by bringing about the surrender of Japan, but at a terrible price because the two cities were destroyed and casualties, mostly civilians, were estimated at around 200,000, with many more people dying later from injuries and illness due to radiation hazards. Hiroshima Day is now celebrated globally each year to make people aware of the disastrous effects of nuclear weapons and to make a war free world.