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  1. On This Day September 21 1985 – Lime Street Premiered on ABC

    On This Day September 21 1985 – Lime Street Premiered on ABC

    On this day September 21 1985, Lime Street premiered on ABC. The drama starred Robert Wagner as James Gray, a wealthy insurance investigator who solved high stakes cases with his partner, played by John Standing. The series gained additional attention for featuring Samantha Smith, the young...
  2. On This Day August 25 1985 – School Girl Samantha Smith and Seven Other Peace Activists Died in a Plane Crash Near Auburn Maine

    On This Day August 25 1985 – School Girl Samantha Smith and Seven Other Peace Activists Died in a Plane Crash Near Auburn Maine

    On this day August 25 1985, twelve year old peace advocate Samantha Smith and seven others lost their lives in a tragic plane crash near Auburn Maine. Samantha had become an international figure just two years earlier when she wrote a heartfelt letter to Soviet Premier Yuri Andropov asking about...
  3. On This Day: July 7, 1983 - Samantha Smith Was Invited to the Soviet Union by Yuri Andropov

    On This Day: July 7, 1983 - Samantha Smith Was Invited to the Soviet Union by Yuri Andropov

    On this day July 7, 1983, American schoolgirl Samantha Smith was formally invited to visit the Soviet Union by Secretary General Yuri Andropov. The invitation came in response to a heartfelt letter she had written expressing her fears of nuclear war and asking why the United States and the...
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