| In the United Sates... The world's first atomic bomb is exploded at Alamagordo in New
Mexico (the Trinity test) at 1730 hours. The steel tower, on which the Plutonium fueled device was mounted, is vaporized by the heat of the explosion (which is greater than the temperature of the inside the of sun). The detonation is visible and audible up to 180 miles away. It is estimated that the blast generated by the explosion is equal to that yielded by between 15,000-20,000 tons of TNT.
In Occupied Germany... The American and British delegations to
the Potsdam Conference arrive in Berlin, led by President Truman and
Prime Minister Churchill, respectively.
Over Japan... A force of 500 B-29 Superfortress bombers strike
targets on Honshu and Kyushu. In total, over 1500 American planes attack
raid various objectives on the Japanese home islands during the day.
In China... Japanese units begin pulling out of Amoy, in the
south.
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