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Dwight D. Eisenhower - U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet airspace

Time: Sunday May 1, 1960

Place: U.S.S.R.

Details: On May 1, 1960, a U.S. one-man U-2 spy plane was reportedly shot down at high altitude over Soviet airspace. The flight was made to gain photo intelligence before the scheduled opening of an east-west summit conference, which had been scheduled in Paris, 15 days later.

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May 1960

J.F.Kennedy Image
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Thursday May 5, 1960 - Saint Anselm College, Goffstown, New Hampshire, U.S.
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon
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Friday May 6, 1960 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Monday May 16, 1960 - Hughes Research Laboratories, Malibu, California, U.S.
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May, 1960 - Paris, France
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Tuesday May 17, 1960 - Paris, France

1960

King Juan Carlos Image
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1960 - Venadillo, Colombia
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Fidel Castro Image
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Friday Oct 21, 1960 - California, U.S.
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Tuesday Oct 25, 1960 - Cuba
Mohamed Aly Image
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Saturday Oct 29, 1960 - U.S.
Diego Maradona
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Sunday Oct 30, 1960 - Lanús, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Monday Oct 31, 1960 - Cuba
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Tuesday Nov 8, 1960 - U.S.
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Ruby Bridges
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Monday Nov 14, 1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
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Friday Nov 18, 1960 - U.S.
Ruby Bridges
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Nov, 1960 - New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
The Beatles Image
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Sunday Nov 20, 1960 - Hamburg, Germany
Bay of Pigs Invasion Image
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Tuesday Nov 29, 1960 - U.S.
Ho Chi Minh
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Dec, 1960 - Vietnam
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1960 - New Jersey, U.S.
Algerian War Image
Algerian War-Secret Army Organization
Saturday Dec 3, 1960 - Algeria
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Mamie Till-Till graduation
1960 - Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Disasters with highest death tolls-December 1960 nor'easter
1960 - U.S.
Che Guevara Image
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Saturday Dec 17, 1960 - East Germany
Queen Elizabeth II at NASA
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth II attended Commonwealth Conference
1960 - London, United Kingdom
Collage of Images From The Vietnam War
Vietnam War-Military Deaths In 1960
1960 - Vietnam
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