Stanislav Petrov day

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Станислав Евграфович Петров
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov
Saviour of Humanity
born 1939

Chances are, none of us would be alive if it weren't for the bold action - or inaction - of this former Lieutenant Colonel of the Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces who single-handedly averted global thermonuclear armageddon twenty-five years ago today.

The story of Stanislav Petrov ● Wikipedia article

If you're having a drink tonight, please raise a glass to the man, and wonder what might have been if he hadn't been called in at the last minute to take over another's shift...

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I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes, after reading that. And I'm only sitting here at all because of Stanslav Petrov. I'll certainly raise a glass to him tonight.