July 22 



Appointment: Barnabus McHenry, general counsel for the Reader's Digest 

 Association Inc., was appointed to the Smithsonian Board of Regents. 



July 23 



Significant Birth: Ryma, a male giraffe, was born in the presence of hundreds of 

 Zoo visitors. 



July 24 



Visit: His Excellency Li Xiannian, president of the People's Republic of China, 

 toured the Air and Space Museum and viewed the new large- screen film, "The Dream 

 is Alive . " 



July 25 



Exhibition: The Smithsonian Institution Libraries held a reception to open 

 Panorama of India, its exhibition of books, plates and manuscripts relating to 

 India, 1698-1898, in the Dibner Library, Special Collections Branch. 



July 29 



Experiment Flown: An infrared telescope (IRT) designed and built by the 

 Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in cooperation with the University of 

 Arizona and the Marshall Space Flight Center was launched aboard Space Shuttle 

 Flight 51F for a week-long mission as part of Spacelab 2. 



July 31 



Exhibition: An exhibition entitled Igbo Arts: Community and Cosmos, the first 

 exhibition ever presented on the art of the Igbo people of Africa, opened at the 

 Museum of African Art. 



August 



Award: A plastic tote bag designed to promote Associate membership, created by 

 the Visitor Information and Associates' Reception Center in cooperation with 

 Smithsonian magazine, received a merit award in the 1985 Printing Industries of 

 American Graphic Award Competition. 



August 



Calendars: 1986 Smithsonian Family Learning Calendar , prepared by the 

 Smithsonian Office of Educational Research, was offered for sale through the 

 Smithsonian museums shops, bookstores and catalogs. The Office of Elementary and 

 Secondary Education published Museum Adventures: A Year at the Smithsonian , a 

 calendar advertising education programs at the Institution' s Washington museums, 

 the Zoo and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. 



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