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Jan 29, 2023 · January 29, 2023 / 9:43 AM EST / CBS News. In 1982, at one of the frostiest moments in the Cold War, a fifth-grade girl from Manchester, Maine named Samantha Smith wrote a letter to Soviet...
Aug 26, 1985 · Aug. 26, 1985 12 AM PT. Associated Press. AUBURN, Me. — Samantha Smith, the schoolgirl whose wish for peace led to a highly publicized tour of the Soviet Union in 1983 as the guest of Yuri V....
On August 25, 1985, Samantha died at the age of 13 in a plane crash in Maine. Her father died with her. Her death made headlines around he world, as millions mourned America's young peace activist.
August 27, 1985 at 1:00 a.m. EDT. Samantha Smith, the Maine schoolgirl whose peace plea to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov a few years ago landed her an all-expenses-paid tour of the Soviet Union...
Sep 4, 1991 · Samantha Smith, her father, four other passengers, and two crew members of a turboprop plane operated by Bar Harbor Airlines were killed Aug. 25 when the plane crashed one-half mile from...
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Jan 27, 1986 · Jan. 27, 1986. Hearings open into death of Samantha Smith. By ARTHUR FREDERICK. PORTLAND, Maine -- A federal panel opens hearings Tuesday into the crash of a small commuter plane last...
Apr 26, 2018 · She died in a plane crash Aug. 25, 1985 as she flew home after filming an episode. Flying through rainy weather, the plane clipped some trees and crashed while making its descent near Lewiston-Auburn Regional Airport.
