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- 14:41, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,538) . . N Ping Pong Diplomacy (Created page with "=== A Thaw in US-China Relations === 'Ping-pong diplomacy' refers to the exchange of table tennis players between the People's Republic of China and the US in the early 1970s...")
- 14:37, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,107) . . N Woodstock Festival (Created page with "=== Woodstock Festival Epitomized the 1960's Principles of Peace and Love === Woodstock Music Festival was billed as '3 days of Peace & Music' and was held in the town of Bet...")
- 14:17, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,212) . . N Back in the U.S.S.R. (Created page with "=== Cultural Ambassadors in the Cold War === "Back in the USSR" was the first song on the Beatles' 1968 White Album. Written as a parody of an earlier Chuck Berry song, the g...")
- 13:57, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,604) . . N Abie Nathan's Peace Flight (Created page with "=== Bridging International Divisions at High Altitudes === During the 1965 Knesset elections Abie Nathan, a World War II veteran and former Israeli Air Force pilot, vowed tha...")
- 13:55, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-2) . . All Africa Games
- 13:54, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,163) . . N All Africa Games (Created page with "=== The first All-African, Multi-Sport Event is held === In the early sixties several African nations hosted the "Friendship Games" sport event. Originally limited to a handf...")
- 13:52, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,343) . . N Peace Corps (Created page with "=== US Government establishes Peace Corps volunteer program === John F. Kennedy outlined the idea of a "Peace Corps" organization during his 1960 presidential campaign. The P...")
- 13:48, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,528) . . N American National Exhibition in Moscow (Created page with "=== Breaking through the Iron Curtain by showcasing US culture in Moscow === In 1957 the Soviet Union and the US agreed to hold exhibitions in each other's countries as a way...")
- 13:41, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,137) . . N Panda Diplomacy (Created page with "=== Pandas as China's 'Goodwill Ambassadors' to the World === The Chinese practice of gifting pandas as a diplomatic gesture dates back to as far as the Tang Dynasty, when Em...")
- 13:34, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,769) . . N International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition (Created page with "=== Van Cliburn Wins the First International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition === Van Cliburn was an American pianist who won the finals of the first International Tchaikovsky P...")
- 13:30, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,125) . . N Eurovision Song Contest (Dictionary) (Created page with "=== Contest for the most Popular Song in Europe === The idea of creating a European song contest emerged for the first time in 1950s as the countries of Europe attempted to r...")
- 13:28, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,056) . . N Guinness Book of World Records, The (Created page with "=== A Project Documenting Global Human and Natural Records === During a shooting party in 1951, the managing director of the Guinness Breweries, Sir Hugh Beaver, attempted t...")
- 10:40, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,139) . . N The Family of Man (Created page with "=== Exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York === 'The Family of Man' was an exhibition of 503 photographs by 273 artists from 68 countries visualizing ideas of peac...")
- 10:38, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+2) . . Ambassador of Goodwill (→UN appointed the First Goodwill Ambassador (1954))
- 10:37, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (+1,184) . . N Ambassador of Goodwill (Created page with "=== UN appointed the First Goodwill Ambassador (1954) === n 1954, the famous American actor and singer Danny Kaye became the first UN Goodwill Ambassador. It was the first ti...")
- 10:35, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-50) . . Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod (→Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod)
- 10:35, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-24) . . Fulbright Program (→Fulbright Program)
- 10:35, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-34) . . Cold War Cultural Diplomacy (→Cold War Cultural Diplomacy)
- 10:35, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-24) . . A Russian Journal (→A Russian Journal)
- 10:34, 24 March 2014 (diff | hist) . . (-26) . . US Jazz Ambassadors (→US Jazz Ambassadors)
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