On This Day, May 1: Francis Gary Powers' spy plane shot down

Friday, May 1, 2020 - 02:00 in Physics & Chemistry

On May 1, 1960, the Soviet Union shot down a U.S. U-2 spy plane flown by Francis Gary Powers, who was captured.

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