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Nuclear Alert

United States of America · Warfare / Yom Kippur War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1973

Richard Milhous Nixon25 October 1973

Washington · Warfare / Yom Kippur War

The United States raises its alert level during the Soviet-American crisis over the ceasefire.

Names involved

Richard Milhous Nixon

Provenance

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