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ON THIS DAY IN UNITED STATES HISTORY
May 7, 1960
Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev Announces Capture of U-2 Spy Plane Pilot Gary Powers
On this day in 1960, Soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev announced to the world that they had shot down an American U-2 spy plane and was holding pilot Gary Powers.
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