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 No.6174

Post about interesting historical events, with an emphasis on lesser known ones.
They don't have to be related to "leftism" in any way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nuclear_close_calls
A list of [i]fifteen[/i] cases where nuclear weapons were almost launched or almost detonated. One case was averted due to Vasili Arkhipov being the only one of three senior officers aboard a submarine to refuse ordering the launch of a 10-kiloton nuclear torpedo at an aircraft carrier, which probably would have started thermonuclear war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_storm_of_1859
The largest geomagnetic storm on record. Resulted in colorful auroras worldwide and caused serious damage to electrical equipment (mostly telegraphs at the time, some were reportedly able to transmit and receive messages despite being disconnected from their power supply). Another similar-strength coronal mass ejection occurred in 2012, but it was not directed towards Earth.

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