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1960
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1960 was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1960th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 960th year of the 2nd millennium, the 60th year of the 20th centu
February 1: A section of lunch counter from the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's where the Greensboro sit-ins began is now preserved in the Smit
February 1: A section of lunch counter from the Greensboro, North Carolina Woolworth's where the Greensboro sit-ins began is now preserved in the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
February 8: Hollywood Walk of Fame established
February 8: Hollywood Walk of Fame established
March 5: The iconic picture of Che Guevara
March 5: The iconic picture of Che Guevara
April 1: TIROS-I prototype on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
April 1: TIROS-I prototype on display at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
1960 U-2 incident
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On 1 May 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane, having taken off from Peshawar in Pakistan, was shot down by the Soviet Air Defence Forces in Sverdlovsk, Russia. It was conducting photographic aerial re
1960
…April 27 – Togo gains independence from France, with the French-administered United Nations Trust Territory being terminated. May 1 – The U-2 incident: Several Soviet surface-to-air missiles shoot down an American Lockheed U-2 spy plane. Its pilot, Francis Gary Powers of the Central Intelligence Agency…
The wreckage of the American Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady on display at the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow
The wreckage of the American Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady on display at the Central Armed Forces Museum in Moscow
Francis Gary Powers, pilot of the plane
Francis Gary Powers, pilot of the plane
U-2 "GRAND SLAM" flight plan on 1 May 1960, from CIA publication The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 And Oxcart Progr
U-2 "GRAND SLAM" flight plan on 1 May 1960, from CIA publication The Central Intelligence Agency and Overhead Reconnaissance; The U-2 And Oxcart Programs, 1954–1974, declassified 25 June 2013
The combat crew, distinguished for the destruction of the U-2 on May 1, 1960
The combat crew, distinguished for the destruction of the U-2 on May 1, 1960