This Day in History: 1962-02-10
(February 10, 1962)
Francis Gary Powers, the captured pilot of the U-2 jet shot down by the Soviet Union in 1960 and later convicted of espionage, was exchanged for Soviet agent Rudolf Abel, who was imprisoned.
(February 10, 1962)
Francis Gary Powers, the captured pilot of the U-2 jet shot down by the Soviet Union in 1960 and later convicted of espionage, was exchanged for Soviet agent Rudolf Abel, who was imprisoned.