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[[File:Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site]] | [[File:Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjold Memorial Site]] | ||
[[File:Dag Hammarskjold-2.jpg|thumb|Dag Hammarskjold in 1959]] | |||
The '''Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site''' marks the place of the plane crash in which [[Dag Hammarskjöld]], the second and then-incumbent United Nations Secretary General (1953–1961) was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Congo Republic (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). The Site is located 10 km from [[Ndola]], in the [[Copperbelt Province]] of [[Zambia]].<ref name="whc.unesco.org">[http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/867/ Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial (Crash site) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre]</ref> | The '''Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Crash Site''' marks the place of the plane crash in which [[Dag Hammarskjöld]], the second and then-incumbent United Nations Secretary General (1953–1961) was killed on 17 September 1961, while on a mission to the Congo Republic (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). The Site is located 10 km from [[Ndola]], in the [[Copperbelt Province]] of [[Zambia]].<ref name="whc.unesco.org">[http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/867/ Dag Hammarskjoeld Memorial (Crash site) - UNESCO World Heritage Centre]</ref> | ||