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1953 Press Photo Dag Hammarskjold nominated for Sec. Gen. of United Nations

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He was a Swedish diplomat, economist, and author. The second Secretary-General of the United Nations, he served from April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September 1961. He is among three other people to be awarded a posthumous Nobel Prize. HammarskjÃƀ™Ã€šÂ¶ld remains the only U.N. Secretary-General to die in office, and his death occurred en route to cease-fire negotiations Credit- United Press Photo measures 7.25 x 9 inches.

Photo is dated --1953

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