**Key Details:** - On **April 2, 1979**, anthrax spores acc…

**Key Details:**
- On **April 2, 1979**, anthrax spores accidentally leaked from a secret biological weapons facility
- At least **64 people died** from inhalation anthrax
- The Soviets maintained the "contaminated meat" story for **over a decade**
- The truth only emerged in the 1990s when **Boris Yeltsin finally admitted** it was from a military facility