Quo Fuit places 4 dated presences for U Thant across 4 places, from 1926 to 1974.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Thant (22January 190925November 1974), known honorifically as U Thant, was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non-Scandinavian as well as Asian to hold the position.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where U Thant was documented, and when
1926year
Rangoon Universityattested“After the death of his father, Thant believed he would not be able to complete a four-year degree and instead worked for a two-year teaching certificate at Rangoon University in 1926.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1926year
Rangoonattested“After the death of his father, Thant believed he would not be able to complete a four-year degree and instead worked for a two-year teaching certificate at Rangoon University in 1926.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1928year
Pantanawattested“After earning the certificate, he returned to Pantanaw to teach at the National High School as a senior teacher in 1928.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
25 November 1974exact date
New Yorkattested“Thant died of lung cancer at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital in New York on 25 November 1974.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
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1948year
United Kingdommentioned“In 1948, Burma gained independence from the United Kingdom.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1955year
Indonesiamentioned“He also took part in a number of international conferences and was the secretary of the 1955 Bandung Conference in Indonesia, which gave birth to the Non-Aligned Movement.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1957year
Israelmentioned“In Israel, his abrupt unilateral withdrawal of UNEF without any diplomatic process or wider consultation was regarded as a violation of United Nations assurances and commitments given to Israel in 1957, on the basis of which Israel had w…”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1957year
Sinai Peninsulamentioned“In Israel, his abrupt unilateral withdrawal of UNEF without any diplomatic process or wider consultation was regarded as a violation of United Nations assurances and commitments given to Israel in 1957, on the basis of which Israel had w…”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
September 1961month
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)mentioned“In September 1961, United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld was killed in a plane crash en route to Congo.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1962year
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)mentioned“During the Congo Civil War in 1962, Katangan secessionists led by Moise Tshombe repeatedly attacked UN Operation in the Congo forces (ONUC).”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1963year
Malaysiamentioned“U Thant is held in esteem in Malaysia, as he helped to endorse the formation of the country in 1963.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1964year
Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)mentioned“In his speech at Columbia University Thant expressed expectation of completion of the United Nations Operation in the Congo in mid 1964.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1964year
Columbia Universitymentioned“In his speech at Columbia University Thant expressed expectation of completion of the United Nations Operation in the Congo in mid 1964.”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
1969year
UN Headquartersmentioned“However, Thant's grandson, Thant Myint-U, wrote in the book The River of Lost Footsteps: Histories of Burma that intense animosity between Thant and Ne Win went back only to 1969, when Ne Win believed Thant was conniving with Nu after Nu…”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
12 December 1974exact date
Kandawmin Garden Mausoleamentioned“In early morning on 12 December 1974, government troops stormed the campus, killed some of the students guarding the makeshift mausoleum, removed Thant's coffin, and reburied it in Kandawmin Garden Mausolea near the Shwedagon Pagoda, whe…”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
12 December 1974exact date
Shwedagon Pagodamentioned“In early morning on 12 December 1974, government troops stormed the campus, killed some of the students guarding the makeshift mausoleum, removed Thant's coffin, and reburied it in Kandawmin Garden Mausolea near the Shwedagon Pagoda, whe…”source: Wikipedia: U Thant
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