2014 Event United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appoints former Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg as a U.N. special envoy for cities and climate change 2012 Event The U.S. State Department states the U.N. Secretary-General's decision to attend the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement summit is 'strange' and 'not a good signal' 2012 Event Ban Ki-moon, U.N. Secretary-General, urges countries to work together to reach an agreement to control international arms sales; no agreement is reached 2010 Event Bolivian president Evo Morales Ayma and United National Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon discuss climate change 2009 Event U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Danish hosts urged countries to agree on a new U. N. pact aimed at averting climate change and global warming 2006 Event Ban Ki-moon is elected to be U.N. Secretary-General 1995 Death Joe Slovo, Latvian/South African attorney/secretary-general (SACR), dies at 68 1994 Death Manfred Worner, German general/Secretary-General of NATO (1988-94), dies at 59 1994 Death Arnold Smith, British 1st Secretary-General of Commonwealth (1965-75), dies at 79 1993 Death Chris Hani, Secretary-General South Africian Communist Party, assassinated at 50 1992 Death Mahmoud Riad, Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies 1992 Death Muhammad Abd al-Khaliq Hassuna, Secretary-General of Arab League (1952-72), dies 1985 Death Eugene Carson Blake, Secretary-General World Council of Churches, dies at 78 1984 Event Joseph Luns resigns as Secretary-General of NATO 1984 Death Enrico Berlinguer, Secretary-General (CP) Italy, dies 1982 Event Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN 1981 Event Peru's Javier Perez de Cuellar becomes Secretary-General of UN 1979 Death Dirk Uipko Stikker, Dutch CEO (Heineken)/Secretary-General NATO, dies at 82 1976 Event U.N. General Assembly re-elects Kurt Waldheim secretary-General 1976 Event U.N. Security Council endorses Kurt Waldheim, Secretary-General for 2nd 5 yr term 1974 Death [Sithu] U Thant, United Nations Secretary-General (1961-72), dies in New York of cancer at 65 1972 Event Philip Potter appointed Secretary-General of World council of Churches 1972 Death Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgian premier/secretary-general (NATO, 1957-61), dies at 73 1971 Event U.N. General Assembly ratifies Kurt Waldheim as Secretary-General 1971 Event Joseph Luns becomes Secretary-General of NATO 1971 Event Manlio Brosio resigns as Secretary-General of NATO 1971 Event Joseph Luns appointed Secretary-General of NATO 1966 Death Trygve Halvdan Lie, 1st United Nations Secretary-General (1946-53), dies at 72 1966 Event Leonid Brezhnev elected Secretary-General of Communist Party 1964 Death Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General French Communist Party, dies at 64 1964 Event Manlio Brosio chosen as Secretary-General of NATO 1962 Event U Thant of Burma elected 3rd Secretary-General of United Nations unanimously 1961 Event Dirk U. Suffocated chosen as Secretary-General of NATO 1961 Event Paul-Henri Spaak resigns as Secretary-General of NATO 1961 Event NATO Secretary-General Paul-Henri Spaak says he'll resign 1957 Event Dag Hammarskjold re-elected Secretary-General of UN 1956 Event Paul-Henri Spaak appointed Secretary-General of NATO 1953 Event U.N. Security Council nominates Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general 1952 Birthday M Cyril Ramaphosa, Secretary-General of South African Mine Workers' Union 1952 Birthday Popo Simon Molefe, Secretary-General, South Africa UDF 1951 Death Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General League of Nations (1919-33), dies at 75 1951 Birthday Frank Chikane, Secretary-General of South Africa Council of Churches 1947 Birthday Luke Rittner, Secretary-General, Arts Council 1946 Event Trygve Lie, a Norwegian socialist, becomes 1st Secretary-General of UN 1945 Birthday John Hayes, Secretary-General, British Law Society 1943 Birthday Oscar D. Dhlomo, South African Secretary-General of Inkatha, 1978 - 1990 1942 Birthday "Chris" Martin Thembisile Hani, Secretary-General, South Africa Communist Party 1942 Death Jean Van Royen, Secretary-General of Concentration Camp Amersfoort, dies at 63 1939 Birthday Smangaliso P Mkhatshwa, born in South Africa, Secretary-General, Bishops' Conference 1983-88 1938 Birthday Frits Wols, Eugene W Wong Loi Sing, Suriname, Secretary-General, UNESCO 1938 Birthday Kofi Annan, born in Ghana, Kofi Atta Annan, diplomat, statesman, Secretary-General of the United Nations 1997 - 2007, received 2001 Nobel Peace Prize 1935 Birthday Lord Ichayra, Secretary-General, British Banking Association 1934 Birthday Manfred Worner, German General/Secretary-General, NATO, 1988-94 1934 Birthday Carl de Winter, Secretary-General, Federation of British Artists 1928 Birthday Shridath Surendranath "Sonny" Ramphal, Guyanese Secretary-General, 1975- 1925 Birthday Alfred B Nzo, South African Secretary-General ANC, 1969- 1922 Birthday Boutros Boutros Ghali, Egyptian Secretary-General of United Nations, 1992 - 1997 1921 Birthday Philip A. Potter, Dominica Secretary-General World council of Churches 1920 Birthday Javier Perez de Cuellar, Lima Peru, 5th Secretary-General of United Nations, 1982-91 1918 Birthday Kurt Waldheim, born in Austria, Austrian diplomat, politician, Secretary-General of the U.N., ninth President of Austria 1909 Birthday [Sithu] U Thant, Burma, 3rd United Nations Secretary-General, 1962-72 1909 Birthday U Thant, born in Pantanaw, Burma, born Pantanaw U Thant, diplomat and third Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971 1906 Birthday Eugene Carson Blake, U.S. Secretary-General of World council of Churches, 1966-72 1905 Birthday Dag Hammarskjold, Sweden, 2nd United Nations Secretary-General, 1953-61, Nobel 1961 1900 Birthday Maurice Thorez, Secretary-General, French Communist Party 1899 Birthday Paul-Henri Spaak, Belgium, premier/Secretary-General of NATO, 1957-61 1878 Birthday Jean F Van Royen, Dutch bibliophile and Secretary-General of PTT 1876 Birthday Eric Drummond, 1st Secretary-General of League of Nations, 1919 - 1933
