历史上的今天-Today in History 2012-05-01

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 May 1st, 2003, weeks after the US-led invasion of Iraq and fall of Saddam Hussein, President George W. Bush announces: “Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed." Bush speaks from the USS Abraham Lincoln after landing on the aircraft carrier in a navy jet, but A “Mission Accomplished” banner displayed during his speech later becomes controversial as US casualties in Iraq mount. 1960, during the Cold War, the Soviet¹ Union shots down an American U-2 spy plane over its territory. The Soviets² capture the plane's pilot, Francis Gary Powers, holding him captive for nearly two years.