Cold War: In Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union, downed American <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2" id="mwARM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lockheed U-2">U-2</a> pilot <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Gary_Powers" id="mwARQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Francis Gary Powers">Francis Gary Powers</a> is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espionage" id="mwARU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Espionage">espionage</a>.