United Nations - Dag Hammarskjöld death
Time: Tuesday Sep 19, 1961
Place: Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (now Ndola, Zambia)
Details: While traveling to meet rebel leader Moise Tshombe during the conflict, Dag Hammarskjöld, often named as one of the UN's most effective Secretaries-General, died in a plane crash; months later he was posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.