may 1, 1960 - U-2 Reconnaissance Plane

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During the U-2 incident, the United State's CIA had a plane trying to spy on the Soviets and the Soviets shot it down which was a step back in the Cold War as far as the US was concerned. This was an embarrassment for the US and something that the pilot of the plane that was shot down, Gary Powers regrets as he was captured and jailed for his actions in Soviet Russia.

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