While it is correct that Russia shot down a U2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers almost one and a half years earlier on May 1st, 1960, another U2 piloted by USAF Major Rudolf Anderson Jr was shot down on October 27, 1962 over Banes, Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Major Anderson was killed. Anderson was the only U.S. fatality caused by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
The Zenith Solid State Chromacolor II television in the living room is of early 1980s vintage. The trademark information can be clearly seen on the front of the set. There were no solid-state televisions or rectangular tube color sets in 1962.
When Eddie is watching Mr. Ed, the television set is a Zenith model from the 1970's.