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Samantha Smith
Samantha Reed Smith was an American peace activist and child actress from Manchester, Maine, who became famous for her anti-war outreaches during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the S…
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culture · American child peace activist (1972–1985) · television actor · child actor · peace activist · writer · schoolchild · also Samantha Smith, Smith
Born 29 June 1972 · Died 25 August 1985 · Q228579
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2026· 3 entries
NOLA.com: Jerome ‘Big Duck’ Smith, longtime New Orleans civil rights activist, dies at 87
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2024· 1 entry
Published video “Audiobook - America's Youngest Ambassador by Lena Nelson (narrated by Christa G. Lewis)”.
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2023· 3 entries
Published video “When Samantha Was Little”.
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Published video “Conversations with Jane - Samantha's First Day of First Grade”.
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Published video “America's Youngest Ambassador - Get Your Copy Today!”.
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2022· 1 entry
Published video “New Book about Samantha - America's Youngest Ambassador now available for pre-order on Amazon”.
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2017· 1 entry
Published video “Samantha Smith Touring Leningrad - Саманта Смит в Ленинграде”.
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2016· 3 entries
Published video “Samantha Smith on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson - July 28, 1983”.
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Published video “Samantha in the USSR - Net Film footage”.
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Published video “Samantha Smith in the audience at the 8th Soviet National Sports Festival - 1983”.
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2015· 2 entries
Published video “Welcome Samantha (Добро Пожаловать, Саманта!)”.
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The Maine State Museum opened a new exhibit of materials related to Smith, including photographs of her time at the Artek camp, traditional Russian clothing she was given, and an issue of Soviet Life magazine with her on
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2008· 1 entry
Smith posthumously received the Peace Abbey Courage of Conscience Award for "helping to bring about better understanding between the peoples of the [USA and the USSR], and as a result, reduce the tension between the supe
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2003· 3 entries
Voronezh retiree Valentin Vaulin built a monument to her after raising funds from private donations
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Given Samantha was only thirteen when she died and her ambitions had varied from a veterinarian to a ballerina
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Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991
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1986· 1 entry
Russian astronomer Lyudmila Chernykh discovered asteroid 3147, which she named 3147 Samantha
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1985· 6 entries
Died 1985-08-25.
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Smith and her father were returning home aboard Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 after filming a segment for Lime Street
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A peace garden was established in Michigan along the St
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Reads: "Although no direct allegations of foul play have appeared in the Soviet media, people from ordinary citizens to intellectuals seem to believe that Samantha was silenced so that she could not continue her efforts
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Played the co-starring role of the elder daughter to Robert Wagner's character in the television series Lime Street
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Onboard Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808, which crashed short of the runway on final approach to the Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Maine
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1984· 1 entry
Billed as a "Special Correspondent", she hosted a children's special for The Disney Channel entitled Samantha Smith Goes To Washington
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1983· 2 entries
Was celebrated by the people of Maine with roses, a red carpet, and a limousine and her popularity continued to grow in her native country
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Flew to Moscow with her parents, and spent two weeks as Andropov's guest
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1982· 2 entries
Time magazine published an issue with Andropov on the cover
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Smith wrote a letter to the newly appointed General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted
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1972· 2 entries
In the small town of Houlton, Maine, on the Canada–United States border, to Jane Goshorn and Arthur Smith
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Born 1972-06-29.
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