may 1, 1960 - The USSR captures U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers
Description:
"the Russians shot down what might well have been the last U-2 flight Eisenhower would have authorized, captured the pilot, Francis Gary Powers, and threatened to put him on trial for espionage" (Gaddis 2006, p. 73)Added to timeline:
Date:
may 1, 1960
Now
~ 66 years ago