hendrikboom

about a decade or so ago, someone in the Russian defense system decided that although their electronics were indicating a massive nuclear attack by the Americans, he reported to his superiors that there was nothing special going on. And so the world was spared.

Now this was a specific person on a specific day, and it is now celebrated as a day named after him.

Does anyone remember the actual date and who this guy is? I seem to remember it's at the end of September of the start of October.