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What happened to the relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union after the American spy plane U-2 was shot down over Soviet Territory ​

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An American U-2 spy plane is shot down while conducting espionage over the Soviet Union. The incident derailed an important summit meeting between President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that was scheduled for later that month.
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