October 27, 1962

1962-10-27 00:00 UTC

Held by The Museum. Not for sale.

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Photo: Image courtesy by Olga Arkhipova · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Vasili Arkhipov refuses to authorise a nuclear torpedo aboard B-59 at the height of the Cuban missile crisis.
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