UPI Almanac for Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016
Thursday, August 25, 2016 - 02:31
in Earth & Climate
By United Press International On Aug. 25, 1985, Samantha Smith, 13, was killed with her father and six other people in a plane crash in Maine. Samantha's 1983 letter to Soviet President Yuri Andropov about her fear of nuclear war earned her a visit to the Soviet Union.