27 October 1962
Cuban Missile Crisis
A Soviet surface-to-air missile shot down Anderson's unarmed U-2 over Cuba, killing him.
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A Soviet surface-to-air missile shot down Anderson's unarmed U-2 over Cuba, killing him.
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