photo credit: blogefl[/caption]It was August 6. The year 1945. Second World War took sudden explosive turn at 8.15 a.m. 'Little Boy' from US killed about 140,000 people. It was Hiroshima city of Japan.
On Friday, Japan held a memorial to mark the 65th anniversary of this first atomic bomb (Little Boy) attack in the world, reports BBC and Al-Jazeera.
Representatives from 74 countries attended the anniversary, including, for the first time, diplomats from U.S., France and Britain.
At 8.15 in the morning, a temple bell rang and a one-minute silence was observed. One thousand white doves were released to symbolize peace.
John Roos, ambassador of US, attended the ceremony and it seems he has paved the way for US President Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Washington that Barack Obama believed "it would be appropriate to recognise this anniversary".
Satellite channel Al Jazeera reported that the Japanese are feeling the presence of U.S. at the ceremony as an affirmation of U.S. President's seriousness to work in making the world nuclear-free place to live.
Mayor of Hiroshima, Tadatoshi Akiba, praised the efforts put to achieve nuclear disarmament and said he was encouraged because the voice of Japanese are now heard.
In his speech he said, "It is the wish of the survivors of the bombing that the voices of peace will be heard." He called on the government of his country to take a leadership role and turn a new page in the history of human beings.
According to International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, over 22,000 nuclear warheads are with America and Russia, and a combined total of one thousand are with Britain, France, china, Pakistan, India and Israel.
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