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1945 – Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when an atomic bomb is dropped by the United States. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t19kvUiHvAE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQswdWdJy6c
1962 – Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian-Hong Kong actress, is born. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Yeoh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFH6lXJ6c4k
1962 – Jamaica becomes independent from the United Kingdom. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzAZ7v1z-8o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aro4PaEgXM8
1996 – George R.R. Martin publishes the novel "A Game of Thrones", the first in his series "A Song of Ice and Fire". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Game_of_Thrones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YinJaXzgzqI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdQ3JDLlmPI https://www.flickr.com/photos/umairadeeb/15045188445
