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Sverdlovsk anthrax leak - April 2, 1979

Sverdlovsk anthrax leak - April 2, 1979

This Day in History Class

April 2, 20197m 36s

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On this day in 1979, an accidental anthrax leak in a microbiology facility in Sverdlovsk in the Soviet Union caused dozens of people to fall ill. The Soviet Union would deny a leak happened until years later.

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