UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KILLED IN PLANE CRASH
The Secretary-General was on a trip to meet Moise Tshombe, leader of the province of Katanga, and to negotiate the crisis in the Congo.
Mr. Hammarskjold was elected Secretary-General of the UN on April 7, 1953.The Secretary-General was awarded the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize.
President Kennedy said...
"Dag Hammarskjold is dead, but the United Nations lives on."
Salisbury, Rhodesia (JFK+50) On September 18, 1961, United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold* was killed when his Swedish DC6 airplane crashed in northern Rhodesia.
The Secretary-General was on a trip to meet Moise Tshombe, leader of the province of Katanga, and to negotiate the crisis in the Congo.
The Guardian says that a UN report found "significant...evidence" that the Douglas D-6 on which the Secretary-General was a passenger was shot down by another aircraft.
Mr. Hammarskjold was elected Secretary-General of the UN on April 7, 1953.The Secretary-General was awarded the 1961 Nobel Peace Prize.
President Kennedy said...
"Dag Hammarskjold is dead, but the United Nations lives on."
*Dag Hammarskjold (1905-1961) was born in Jonkoping, Sweden & became an economist & diplomat. DH was the 2nd Secretary-General of the UN & the youngest man to hold the position.
SOURCES
"Plane crash that killed UN boss 'may have been caused by aircraft attack," The Guardian, www.theguardian.com/
SOURCES
"Plane crash that killed UN boss 'may have been caused by aircraft attack," The Guardian, www.theguardian.com/
"The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963," United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1964.
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