Petrov Day

Overview

Petrov Day, September 26, celebrates the anniversary of the day in 1983 when Russian lieutenant Stanislav Petrov [W] knowingly violated procedure and certified what appeared to be an impending nuclear attack from the United States as a false alarm, thus preventing the retaliatory strike which would otherwise have been launched and which would probably have started the long-feared World War III.

Because of military secrecy and international policy, Petrov's actions were kept secret until 1998.

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