Obama becomes first US President to visit Hiroshima memorial

Q.  Which US President became the first to visit the Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Mark honouring the killing of those who died when a bomb was dropped by the US on Hiroshima.
- Published on 30 May 16

a. Bill Clinton
b. George Bush
c. Barack Obama
d. None of the above

ANSWER: Barack Obama
 
US President Barack Obama indicated that the Hiroshima bombing demonstrates “that makind possessed the means to destroy itself.” He laid a wreath and prayed before the arched monument in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park.
  • Hiroshima was bombed on August 6, 1945
  • A second atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki three days later and killed 70,000 people
  • Obama also won the Nobel Peace Prize

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