In August of 1945, the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. After the surrender of Japan, war came to an end. This historic audio signifying the end of WWII includes cuts from VJ day and celebrations on Hennepin Ave. in Minneapolis as we continue our 100 moments in 100 years, looking back on the most important moments of the last century.

(Image: 11th August 1945: Women, wrapped in American flags, during the celebrations following the end of the war in the Far East. Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

He was the gold standard for political journalists for three decades on WCCO Radio, and a key part of the morning show too. On May 21, 2010, it was the end of an incredible run for Eric Eskola who said goodbye to listeners that day with some great stories. It's all part of WCCO's 100 moments in 100 years celebration!

(Image: Eskola in his perfectly organized office at the State Capitol. WCCO / CBS)

It is definitely one of the most memorable recent moments in WCCO 100 year lookback. The first reports of George Floyd dying after being pinned to the ground by Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin. This is what it sounded like in May of 2020 before anybody knew what would come of it over the next days and weeks.

(The memorial of George Floyd at the intersection of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue in Minneapolis. Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

When engineers at WCCO Radio walked off the job in 1979, all of the programming staff joined them in solidarity. What do you do as a radio station with an FCC license when all of your announcers, producers, and journalists disappear? You put just about anybody on the air. Here's a unique look back on a crazy month for WCCO in our 100 moments in 100 years!

It was one of the most shocking moments of the last 100 years, and one of the toughest of WCCO's 100 moments in 100 years. August 1st, 2007, the 35W Bridge fell into the Mississippi River killing 13 and injuring 145. Here's what it sounded like that stunning afternoon.

(Photo by Joshua Adam Nuzzo/US Navy News Photo/MCT/Sipa USA)

It's the storm that lives in every Minnesotan's memory. On Halloween, 1991, a blizzard began that dumped 28 inches over parts of the Twin Cities and over 36 inches in Duluth, socking most of the state in huge swaths of snow and shattering not just daily, but monthly snowfall records.

(Photo By Duane Braley/Star Tribune via Getty Images)

Minnesota needs no introduction to this one, surely one of the greatest moments in the last 100 years. Game 6 of the 1991 World Series, Kirby Puckett's extra-inning walk-off home run sent a shot of energy through this state never seen before or since.

(Photo by Joe Rossi/St. Paul Pioneer Press/KRT)

On June 1, 2012, one of WCCO's most unique and colorful characters, Dark Star, passed away. WCCO mourned one of its own that day. Here's what it sounded like as part of our 100 memorable moments in 100 years.

(Image: Dark Star at the Metrodome in the 1990s. Audacy / WCCO)