It happened in 1960. (I'm not sure about the rest of the date.) Francis Gary Powers was flying an American Spy Plane. As he was flying, the plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. He was taken captive and forced to admit he was spying. (And you already told the rest.) Because the President refused to apologize, Krushchev cancelled his next meeting with the president that they were to have. (Which I believe was the PS, I'm not sure. Sorry!)
The Gary Powers U-2 incident in May 1960, where an American spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace, heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. This event exposed the extent of U.S. espionage and led to a deterioration in diplomatic relations, undermining trust. The subsequent failure of a planned summit between President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev intensified Cold War hostilities, setting the stage for the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, where the U.S. and the USSR were pushed to the brink of nuclear conflict.
01 may 1960........The 1960 U-2 incident occurred during the Cold War on May 1, 1960, during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and during the leadership of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, when an American U-2 spy plane was shot down over Soviet Union airspace. The United States government at first denied the plane's purpose and mission, but then was forced to admit its role as a covert surveillance aircraft when the Soviet government produced its remains (largely intact) and surviving pilot, Francis Gary Powers. Coming just over two weeks before the scheduled opening of an East-West summit in Paris, the incident was a great embarrassment to the United States[1] and prompted a marked deterioration in its relations with the Soviet Union.
The United States used the Lockheed U2 and Convair PB4Y Privateer to gather intelligence about the Soviet Union and China before the advent of spy satellite technology.
U2 spy plane and/or SR-71
A spy plane took a picture of the where the missiles were being stored.
Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot his u-2 spyplane was shot down while over the USSR causing the 1960 U2 incident
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Francis Gary Powers was the pilot of the Lockheed U2 spy plane that was shot down by the former USSR with a surface to air missile (SAM) in 1960. After lengthy negotiations, a prisoner exchange was made returning Powers to the United States. [JMH]
Dwight D Eisenhower
pounding the podium with his shoe
idk what U2 your referring to but im going to gues its the U2 incident durring the cold war. The U2 was a spy plane piloted by Frances Gary Powers that went down over Soviet Russia.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
The U2 incident was where A united States spy plane was shot down over Russia. The pilot was Gary Powers and he was captured by the Russians, who used this to embarass the US.
U2 has really had a huge impact on music. With Bono's soaring vocals and The Edge's ringing guitar sound. They have paved the way for many contemporary bands.
it gave the Soviets proof we were spying on them
The Gary Powers U-2 incident in May 1960, where an American spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace, heightened tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. This event exposed the extent of U.S. espionage and led to a deterioration in diplomatic relations, undermining trust. The subsequent failure of a planned summit between President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev intensified Cold War hostilities, setting the stage for the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, where the U.S. and the USSR were pushed to the brink of nuclear conflict.