1994 Manfred Worner, German general/sec-gen of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59
1994 Arnold Smith, British 1st sec-gen of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79
1993 Chris Hani, sec-gen South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50
1992 Mahmoud Riad, sec-gen of Arab League (1972-79), dies
1992 Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, sec-gen of Arab League (1952-72), dies
1985 Eugene Carson Blake, sec-gen World Council of Churches, dies at 78
1982 Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
1981 Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes sec-gen of UN
1976 U.N. Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, sec-gen for 2nd 5 yr term
1964 Manlio Brosio chosen as sec-gen of NATO
1961 Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as sec-gen of NATO
1961 Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as sec-gen of NATO
1952 M Cyril Ramaphosa, sec-gen of South African Mine Workers' Union
1951 Eric Drummond, 1st sec-gen League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75
1951 Frank Chikane, sec-gen of South Africa Council of Churches
1946 Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Sec-Gen of UN
1942 "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, sec-gen, South Africa Communist Party
1939 Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, born in South Africa, sec-gen, Bishops' Conf 1983-88
1938 Frits Wols, [Eugene W Wong Loi Sing], Suriname, sec-gen, UNESCO
1928 Shridath Surendranath "Sonny" Ramphal, Guyanese sec-gen, 1975-
1925 Alfred B Nzo, South African sec-gen ANC, 1969-
1921 Philip A. Potter, Dominica sec-gen World council of Churches
1920 Javier Perez de Cuellar, Lima Peru, 5th sec-gen of United Nations, 1982-91
1918 Kurt Waldheim, Nazi/4th United Nations Sec-Gen, 1972-81, /Austrian President, 1986-92
1906 Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. sec-gen of World council of Churches, 1966-72
1899 Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/sec-gen of NATO, 1957-61
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