A Surprisingly-Forgotten Anniversary...
October 16, 2012 12:22 PM   Subscribe

Cuban Missile Crisis...fifty years ago this week, the Earth came probably as close as it's ever come to being reduced to the proverbial smoking cinder.
posted by dr. zoom (2 comments total)

This post was deleted for the following reason: There's a heck of a lot to say about the CMC, hopefully someone else can do a better post -- mathowie



 
Today should be an international holiday celebrating arguably the most important human being who ever lived.
posted by cthuljew at 12:26 PM on October 16, 2012


A single wikipedia link does not a good post make...

Earth came probably as close as it's ever come to being reduced to the proverbial smoking cinder.

This is also arguable.
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 12:27 PM on October 16, 2012


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