1 Mai 1960 Jahr - US Spy plane shot down over USSR

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Who was involved?
Francis Gary Powers, CIA, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev
What happened?
An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. Traveling at altitudes of up to 70,000 feet, the aircraft was equipped with state-of-the-art photography equipment that could, the CIA boasted, take high-resolution pictures of headlines in Russian newspapers as it flew overhead
When did it happen?
May 1st 1960
Where did it happen?
Above Russia
Why did it happen?
U.S wanted to gain intel on Russia, Russia revolted
What was the impact of the event?
Derailed important meeting between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Nikita Khrushchev

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