may 1, 1960 - U2 Incident - Gary Powers
Description:
-Gary Powers (CIA pilot): top-secret reconnaissance mission over the Soviet Union-derailed U.S.-Soviet relations, led to the collapse of a planned peace summit, and worsened Cold War hostilities.
-Khrushchev publicly denounced the U.S. for espionage and used the incident as proof of American aggression.
Added to timeline:
Date:
may 1, 1960
Now
~ 65 years ago