News from 1960
Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann is captured by the Israelis in Argentina (he is executed in Israel in 1962)
Francis Gary Powers' U-2 spyplane goes down over Russia
Powers is convicted of spying and sentenced to 10 years by the Russians (he is freed in 1962 during a prisoner exchange)
Cuba seizes $770 million of American citizens' property in Cuba
Congress passes the 23rd Amendment to the Constitution
The United States has 900 military advisors in Viet Nam
Quiz show scandel begins when Charles Van Doren is arrested for cheating on the Twenty One game show*
Pittsburgh Pirates defeat the NY Yankees to take the World Series
