Cold War U-2 Crisis: Khrushchev Announces Gary Powers Captured, May 7, 1960
Cold War: U-2 Crisis of 1960: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev announces that his nation is holding American U-2 pilot Gary Powers.
Date: May 7, 1960
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