This Day In History: April 25

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This Day in History Video: What Happened on April 25

Samantha Smith sends Yuri Andropov a letter, America is labeled on a map by Amerigo Vespucci, the Hubble Space Telescope launches with the Discovery space shuttle, and Georgia scraps the Dixie flag in This Day in History video. The date is April 25th. Samantha's letter was sent to the Soviet Union leader during the height of the Cold War.

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