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UN Leader Dag Hammarskjold Died in Mysterious Circumstances in 1961. What Really Happened? - HISTORY
Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation on Twitter: "Today marks 59 years since Dag Hammarskjöld, together with 15 other passengers and crew, perished in a plane crash near Ndola airport in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia).
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