Well, technically it was yesterday, but I think even a day late it's important to celebrate the man who saved the world. Literally. And he was a Russian to boot!

Most people, many of whom are old enough to know better, remember the 80s as a warm-and-fuzzy time of economic growth, silly music, weird clothes, and goofy hair. Like the 60s before them, the reality was nowhere near as idyllic, and a whole lot scarier.