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October 27, 1962

On October 27, 1962, major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile. The year's #1 song was "Stranger on the Shore" by Acker Bilk. Jeff Dunham, Sanjaasürengiin Zorig, Jeff Minter would arrive in the same year.

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Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.

Rudolf Anderson Jr. was an American Air Force major and pilot. S.

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1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1962nd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 962nd year of the 2nd millennium, the 62nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1960s decade.

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On October 27, 1962

1962 Major Rudolf Anderson of the United States Air Force becomes the only direct human casualty of the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 reconnaissance airplane is shot down over Cuba by a Soviet-supplied surface-to-air missile.

USAF pilot (1927–1962)

Rudolf Anderson Jr. was an American Air Force major and pilot. S.
1962 By refusing to agree to the firing of a nuclear torpedo at a US warship, Vasily Arkhipov averts nuclear war.

Soviet Navy vice admiral who prevented nuclear war (1926–1998)

Vasily Aleksandrovich Arkhipov, also transliterated as Vasili Arkhipov, was a vice admiral in the Soviet Navy. He is best remembered for preventing nuclear war during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.