When did the following event happen?
The US drops 'little boy' on Hiroshima, Japan as the first military use of the atomic bomb.
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1957
The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, is launched by the Soviet Union.
Note:
BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.