Tag: Cold War
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Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, Arrives in Los Angeles for a Two-Week Coast-to-Coast Tour, his First Official Visit to America. September 19, 1959.
Image: Photo of Nelson Rockefeller (then the Governor of New York) calling on Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and his family, who were visiting the United States. The Khrushchevs were staying at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. From left-Mrs. Khrushchev (Nina), the Soviet Ambassador to the US, Mikhail Manishikov, Nelson Rockefeller, Premier Khrushchev, Rada Khrushchev (daughter)…
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American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is put on trial in Moscow for espionage against the Soviet Union after his U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over USSR. August 17, 1960.
On this day in history, American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers is put on trial in Moscow for espionage against the Soviet Union after his ultra-sophisticated Lockheed U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft was shot down over Sverdlovsk in the Ural Mountains on May 1, 1960. Powers pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 10…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 