Giant Pandas Come to NZP

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Object Details

Subject

Nixon, Richard M (Richard Milhous) 1913-

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

United States President

Notes

Image of Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing at National Zoo, Negative Number 96-1378.

Video Clip of Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing at the National Zoo from biologist Devra Kleiman's studies, 1973, Accession 01-227.

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1984, p. 19.

Smithsonian "Torch" staff newsletter, 4/1982, p. 5.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7098, "S. Dillon Ripley Chronology".

Summary

Upon the occasion of the historic visit of President Richard M. Nixon to China, the People's Republic of China presents two Giant Pandas, Hsing-Hsing (m) and Ling-Ling (f), to the United States. They become residents of the National Zoological Park on April 16, 1972.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

April 16, 1972

Place

China (Republic : 1949- )

United States of America, District of Columbia, Washington, National Zoological Park

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Endangered species

Giant panda

Gifts

Major Events in Smithsonian History

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

siris_sic_1099