1961: UN Secretary General killed in air crash The body of UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold has been identified among the wreckage of a plane which crashed last night outside the Northern Rhodesian town of Ndola. The Swedish statesman was due in Ndola for peace talks following clashes between United Nations peacekeeping troops and forces striving for independence in the breakaway Congolese province of Katanga.
Posted on: Sat, 07 Sep 2013 09:41:48 +0000