Samantha Smith Becomes ‘America’s Youngest Ambassador’
History Daily25 Apr 2025

Samantha Smith Becomes ‘America’s Youngest Ambassador’

April 25, 1983. The leader of the Soviet Union replies to a letter written to him by an American school girl in the thick of the Cold War between the two countries.This episode originally aired in 2023.


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