aug 21, 2004 - Stanislav Petrov awarded World Citizen Award:
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Russian soviet air defence force lieutenant Stanislav Petrov is awarded the World Citizen Award for stopping a hypothetical nuclear war after he guessed that the Russian early warning system was faulty when it appeared to show missiles from the U.S. incoming upon Russia.
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