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On May 1st of 1960, an American U2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. This incident began a downward spiral of spy v. spy type diplomacy that directly led to collapse of the Four Power Paris Summit, between then President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, United Kingdom Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan and French President Charles de Gaulle. This was mostly due to the fact that Eisenhower refused to apologize over the incident. When the spy plane was first shot down, the United States at first denied the incident making many false claims before to admit the truth of the incident when the Soviet government produced remains of the plane and the pilot, Francis Gary Powers, who was still alive. Powers was convicted by the Soviets of espionage and served close to two years of hard labor in a soviet prison before being released and sent home in exchange for the "hallow nickel" Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.
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What country did the u2 form?
U2 is from Dublin
What band won 13 Grammy Awards?
U2 has won the most Grammys for a group, 22.
What year was U2 most popular?
Never U2 sucks
What's the name of u2 singer?
Bono is the lead singer of U2.
What state is the band U2 from?
Wikipedia says U2 is from Dublin, Ireland.
What happened at the U2 incident?
Your mom happened!
When wdid the u2 spy plane incident?
1960.
Which president denied the U2 incident?
Dwight D Eisenhower
How did khrushchev react after u2 incident?
pounding the podium with his shoe
What is the U2?
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.
Who was president durning the U2 Incident?
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
What was the U2 incident during the Cold War?
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.
Who is Gary Powers and how was he involved in the U2 incident?
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]
Who are U2?
U2 is a pop band
Who was a Francis Gary Powers?
Francis Gary Powers was an American pilot his u-2 spyplane was shot down while over the USSR causing the 1960 U2 incident
What country did the u2 form?
U2 is from Dublin
Who is the leader of U2?
Theres no leader of U2
