On this date in 1962, the Soviet Union exchanged the captured American U-2 pilot Francis Powers for Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy who was held by the United States.
On this date in 1984, astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart went on the first untethered ‘spacewalk.’
On February 2, 1943, the remainder of German forces from the Battle of Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets.
