1960 U-2 incident

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Gary Powers was shot down in a U2 here.

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1960 U-2 incident

1960 U-2 incident

The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on 1 May 1960, during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down over the airspace of the Soviet Union.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960 U-2 incident

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