Daily Archives: September 17, 2021

United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold killed in plane crash in northern Rhodesia 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 18 1961)

1960s


Video: 'Hammarskjold's Death Shocks The World (1961)'

(Monday, September 18, 1961, 12:13 a.m. Central Africa Time; during the 1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash) — United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, 56, was killed today when his plane crashed under mysterious circumstances nine miles west of Ndola in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) while en route to cease-fire negotiations during the Congo Crisis, part of the Decolonisation of Africa and the Cold War. Continue reading United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold killed in plane crash in northern Rhodesia 60 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Sep 18 1961) →

State funeral held for President William McKinley in U.S. Capitol rotunda 120 years ago this hour (Sep 17 1901)

1900s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'President McKinleys Funeral, 1901, Part 1' (Sept. 17, 1901, at 0:06-6:28)

(Tuesday, September 17, 1901, funeral procession from White House to Capitol began at 9:10 a.m. EST; during the Assassination of William McKinley) — A state funeral was held today in Washington for President William McKinley who died three days before in Buffalo, New York, from complications of gunshot wounds received Sept. 6, 1901. Continue reading State funeral held for President William McKinley in U.S. Capitol rotunda 120 years ago this hour (Sep 17 1901) →