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On This Day

Notable events on this day in Russian history

1983: Soviet orbital Early Missile Warning System (SPRN), code-named Oko, reported a single intercontinental ballistic missile launch from the territory of the United States. Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov, who was on duty during the incident, correctly dismissed the warning as a computer error when ground early warning radars did not detect any launches.

1968: Brezhnev Doctrine promulgated.

1954: Moscow radio reported U.S.S.R. sent rockets 240-miles high

1932: Vladimir Voynovich, writer, born

1815: Russia, Prussia and Austria form the Holy Alliance.

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