TIL that after he was shot down on May 1, 1960, U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers was subjected to a show trial in Moscow, during which he was very calm and dignified during the trial. However, he was sharply criticized later in the American media for not committing suicide.

http://adst.org/2013/01/the-show-trial-of-u-2-pilot-francis-gary-powers/

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