I'm surprised no one has mentioned Vasili Arkhipov for his actions 50 years ago

. I really hope most people here would know the story. It does (very) briefly talk about Svetlana Savranskaya, it doesn't tell the story of the submarines involved. Here is the story
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...le-Crisis.html
A good article nontheless, Vendor.