may 1, 1960 - U-2 Incident - Maggie
Description:
In May 1960, an American spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace. The pilot was captured and sentenced to 10 years in prison but was released two years later in the first US-USSR spy swap. This event forced Eisenhower to admit that the US was spying on the USSR. This is significant to the Cold War because it raised tensions between the two superpowers and gave the USSR a "leg up".Added to timeline:
Date:
may 1, 1960
Now
~ 66 years ago