Jun
04

Today in Smithsonian History: June 4, 1985

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with performers from India from "Aditi: A Celebration of Life" in the National Museum of Natural History on July 2, 1985

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis with performers from “Aditi: A Celebration of Life” in the National Museum of Natural History on July 2, 1985. (Photo by Jeffrey Ploskonka, as featured in the Torch, August 1985)

June 4, 1985 “Aditi: A Celebration of Life,” created in New Delhi in 1978 to mark the International Year of the Child, opens at the Natural History Museum as one of the Smithsonian’s contributions to the nationwide Festival of India. It will become one of the museum’s most popular exhibitions. India is also featured at the annual Folklife Festival on the National Mall.

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