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The Mysterious Death of Dag Hammarskjöld

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Is It a Late Night Secret Mission?

In September of 1961, Dag flies out on a secret piece, a piece brokering mission. He's going to meet a guy named Moshe Tashombe, who is the president of this secessionist Katanga area. The plane crashes in what would be modern day Zambia today. All the passengers aboard eventually die but one man survives for five days before succumbing to his wounds.

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