may 1, 1960 - U-2 Incident Since the space race, both the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. continue to try and build up their superiority through economics. On May 1, the Soviets shot down a U-2 spy plane that was from the U.S. This caused the U.S. a big embarrassment.
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Date:
may 1, 1960
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~ 65 years ago