Good News in History, October 27

During the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet officer Vasily Arkhipov prevented a nuclear war by vetoing a torpedo launch aboard submarine B-59. He persuaded the captain to surface after US Navy destroyers dropped signaling depth charges near the vessel, averting a retaliatory strike against American forces.

Source: Good News in History, October 27 — Good News Network

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