{"slug": "secretary-general-of-the-united-nations", "label": "Secretary-General of the United Nations", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_United_Nations", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81066", "qid": "Q81066", "description": "chief administrative officer and head of the United Nations", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1905, 2023], "span_label": ["1905 CE", "2023 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "nobel-peace-prize", "label": "Nobel Peace Prize", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "united-nations", "label": "United Nations", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "burma", "label": "Burma", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-nations-general-assembly", "label": "United Nations General Assembly", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1905, "year_label": "1905 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "July 29", "text": "July 29 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations (d. 1961)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373341358#July_–_September", "title": "1905", "revid": 1373341358, "section": "Births › July – September"}}, {"year": 1938, "year_label": "1938 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "April 8", "text": "April 8 – Kofi Annan, Ghanaian Secretary-General of the United Nations, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 2018)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368818751#March–April", "title": "1938", "revid": 1368818751, "section": "Births › March–April"}}, {"year": 1953, "year_label": "1953 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Dag Hammarskjöld is elected Secretary-General of the United Nations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310369#April", "title": "1953", "revid": 1371310369, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1961, "year_label": "1961 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "September 18", "text": "September 18 – 1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash: Secretary-General of the United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld is one of 16 to die in an air crash en route to Katanga, Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372676854#September", "title": "1961", "revid": 1372676854, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1962, "year_label": "1962 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "November 30", "text": "November 30 – The United Nations General Assembly elects U Thant of Burma, as the new Secretary-General of the United Nations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373095518#November", "title": "1962", "revid": 1373095518, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1972, "year_label": "1972 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": "January 1", "text": "January 1 – Kurt Waldheim becomes Secretary-General of the United Nations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371514417#January", "title": "1972", "revid": 1371514417, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 2018, "year_label": "2018 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "August 18", "text": "August 18 – Kofi Annan, 80, Ghanaian diplomat, Secretary-General of the United Nations (1997–2006), Nobel Prize laureate (2001).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369328641", "title": "Deaths in August 2018", "revid": 1369328641, "section": "Deaths › August"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – Gaza war: The death toll in Gaza is reported to have passed 10,000. United Nations Secretary General António Guterres calls for a humanitarian ceasefire to increase the flow of aid to civilians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#November", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › November"}}]}