July 1946: A mushroom cloud forms after the initial Atomic Bomb test explosion off the coast of Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

How One Air Force Captain Saved the World From Accidental Nuclear War 53 Years Ago Today

Fifty-three years ago during the Cuban missile crisis, U.S. Air Force Captain William Bassett may have saved humanity from accidental nuclear obliteration.

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