21h 9min, sep 11, 1983 y - (Korean Airlines) KAL 007 shot down by Soviets
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major blow to Soviet USA relations. was civil airliner which the Soviets denied. 269 dead including 61 USA. Soviet barbarity vs American espionage. Soviets saw USA as abandoning detente and Reagan as threatening peace and wanting military superiority.
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21h 9min, sep 11, 1983 y
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~ 41 years ago