72 years ago today, on April 10, 1953 (February 27, 1953 in the lunar calendar), Swedish politician Hammarskjöld was elected as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Second Secretary-General of the United Nations (1953 - 1961): Dag Hammarskjöld (Swedish) On April 10, 1953, Swedish economist and politician Hammarskjöld was elected as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Hammarskjöld was born on July 29, 1905. He studied law and economics at Uppsala and Stockholm universities. Later, he served as a Swedish civilian official. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1947. In 1951, he served as deputy head of the Swedish delegation to attend the United Nations General Assembly. After serving as Secretary-General, he contributed to the resolution of international disputes. At that time, there were mainly wars between Israel and Arab countries in the Middle East, the Suez Canal Crisis, the Lebanon and Jordan Crisis, and the Congo Crisis. However, the Soviet Union condemned the dispatch of United Nations troops to deal with the Congolese crisis and demanded his resignation. He was killed in a plane crash on September 18, 1961, en route to Congo to resolve the crisis. He was later posthumously awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.