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"Comrade Yangel, you will build rockets like sausages. We want many of them!" - Nikita Khrushchev; 25th October 1960.
It was 24th October of 1960th year in Gregorian calendar. Chief Marshall of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin, commander of Strategic Rocket Forces was head of R-16 ICBM development program - one of the most important projects during Nikita Khrushchev's reign. The first trial of rocket was planned before October Revolution's anniversary on 7th November same year so Nedelin forced his subordinates to hard work over first start of this rocket. Technics were forced to work in three eight-hour shifts, some of them event twelve hours per day to make it before end of October. On 23rd October rocket was installed of launching pad 41 awaiting final tests before launch. Tests showed that there were several risks that could lead to destruction of rocket or even deaths of witnesses but Marshal Nedelin's insistence on performing tests before November, 7th resulted in extreme schedule pressure, with many safety procedures being rejected in order to save time.
And then Hour Zero came. On October 24th, 19:00 R-19 rocket had its lift-off from Launching Pad 41. Initial flight was uninterrupted despite some warnings from other engineers about dangers linked with toxic fuels and ignored safety procedures. Dummy warhead impacted in the Pacific Ocean and five days later TASS announced that Soviet Union had "successfully tested a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile". It was followed by many newspapers in United States, including New York Times which editors wrote about "New Dangers - Soviet Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles" which fueled support for John F. Kennedy in November elections. One day after October Revolution anniversary Kennedy was elected as new President of the United States with 276 electoral votes against Nixon's 246. The most controversial election in American history involved accusations of voting fraud in Texas fueled by several articles in press few months later which inspired Richard Milhous Nixon to start in 1964 election.