U.N. SECRETARY-GENERAL DIES IN PLANE CRASH
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.
Mr. Hammarskjold was elected Secretary-General of the UN on April 7, 1953.
15 others aboard the aircraft were also killed. Dag Hammarskjold was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961.
President Kennedy called Dag Hammarskjold "the greatest statesman of our century." Engraved on the stone wall of the Peace Chapel of the International Peace Garden are these words of Dag Hammarskjold...
"Never Look Down To Test The Ground Before Taking Your Next Step. Only He Who Keeps His Eye Fixed On The Far Horizon Will Find His Right Road."
*Dag Hjalma Agne Carl Hammarskjold (1905-1961) was born in Jonkoping, Sweden. He earned his law degree at Uppsala University in 1930.
SOURCE
"The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963," United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1964.
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations Secretary-General
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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.
Mr. Hammarskjold was elected Secretary-General of the UN on April 7, 1953.
15 others aboard the aircraft were also killed. Dag Hammarskjold was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961.
President Kennedy called Dag Hammarskjold "the greatest statesman of our century." Engraved on the stone wall of the Peace Chapel of the International Peace Garden are these words of Dag Hammarskjold...
"Never Look Down To Test The Ground Before Taking Your Next Step. Only He Who Keeps His Eye Fixed On The Far Horizon Will Find His Right Road."
*Dag Hjalma Agne Carl Hammarskjold (1905-1961) was born in Jonkoping, Sweden. He earned his law degree at Uppsala University in 1930.
SOURCE
"The Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963," United States Government Printing Office, Washington, 1964.
Dag Hammarskjold
United Nations Secretary-General
UN Department of
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