Conservatives have long speculated whether Democrats
have a presidential Plan B by recruiting Michelle Obama
as their candidate in November.

Soviet Colonel Rudolf Abel         Francis Gary Powers
                                                    

On February 10, 1962, American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers 
was released by the Soviets in exchange for Soviet Colonel
Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy who was caught in the United
States five years earlier.

The Glienicke bridge (known as the Bridge of Spies) just
after the Powers swap.

Francis Gary Powers
(August 17, 1929 – August 1, 1977)

Powers later worked as a helicopter pilot
for KNBC in Los Angeles and died in a
1977 helicopter crash.

Death of a Salesman is a 1949 stage play written by the
American playwright Arthur Miller. The play premiered
on Broadway in February 10, 1949, running for 742
performances. It is a two-act tragedy set in late 1940s
Brooklyn told through a montage of memories, dreams,
and arguments of the protagonist Willy Loman, a travelling
salesman who is despondent with his life and appears to
be slipping into senility. The play addresses a variety of
themes, such as the American Dream, the anatomy of truth,
and infidelity. It won the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and
Tony Award for Best Play. It is considered by some critics
to be one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.

Arthur Asher Miller
(October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)

Lee J. Cobb and Mildred Dunnock in the 1949
Tony Award-winning production of "Death of
a Salesman."

On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in the
1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars, died at
her Woodside, California, home at age 85. The cause of death,
according to her death certificate released on March 3, 2014,
was chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Born on April 23, 1928, in Santa Monica, California, Temple began
taking dance lessons when she was three. In 1932, she was
discovered by an agent and cast in a series of short films called
Baby Burlesks. Her career took off in 1934, when she appeared
in the film Stand Up and Cheer.

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