Leonid Brezhnev2 April 1979
An accidental release of anthrax spores from a Soviet military biological facility causes a lethal outbreak.
Russia · Warfare / Military. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
An accidental release of anthrax spores from a Soviet military biological facility causes a lethal outbreak.
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