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may 1, 1960 - U-2 Incident

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An international diplomatic crisis erupted in May 1960 when the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics shot down an American U-2 spy plane in Soviet air space and captured its pilot, Francis Gary Powers.

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may 1, 1960
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~ 65 years ago

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