On this day in 1961 man reached the stars, cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space

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Vasili Arkhipov (1960's). During the Cuban Missile Crisis a false alarm of nuclear war almost made a Soviet nuclear submarine near the U.S launch it's nukes. However the order for a launch needed 3 approvals and Arkhipov refused. So this guy is the only reason why all of us are still alive today

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Today on 12th April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into the space and orbit the earth. He was awarded the "Hero of the Soviet Union" by his actions. He died in 1968 while doing a trainee flight in a Mig-15.

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On this day 40 years ago a coup attempt by General Nicolae Militaru against Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu failed because the soldiers who were supposed to carry out the plan were sent to harvest corn

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Soviet general Vasily Mikhailovich Blokhin,the most prolific executioner in history,killed tens of thousands by his own hand,he personally killed 7000 Polish prisoners during the katyn massacre in 1940.

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Yuri Gagarin, first man in space.

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A war criminal from his beginnings as a spy in the stasi from 1975

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Stanislav Petrov, a lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defence Forces. On Sept 26 1983, Petrov correctly identified a Soviet early-warning satellite system's report of incoming U.S. missiles as a false alarm, preventing a retaliatory strike by the Soviet Union that could have started a nuclear war

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Yury Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova, the first man and woman in space, 1960s.

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This is George Blake, a British MI6 officer who secretly spied for the Soviet Union-and betrayed 40 agents before fleeing prison.

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Turney Leonard, the first Lieutenant in the 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, awarded the Medal of Honor on November, 1944. Died at the age 23.

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54 years ago today, Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman in space. #WomenInScience

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Dr Mengele’s South American ID. Mengele came extremely close to being caught throughout his time there, but slipped the net each time.