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t. e. Nations that attended the funeral (blue) or whose dignitaries arrived too late, but attended Lyndon B. Johnson 's reception on November 25 (pink). This is a list of dignitaries at the state funeral of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, and his state funeral took place on November 25, 1963, in ...
President George H. W. Bush lying in state in the United States Capitol rotunda on December 3, 2018. In the United States, state funerals are the official funerary rites conducted by the federal government in the nation's capital, Washington, D.C., that are offered to a sitting or former president, a president-elect, high government officials and other civilians who have rendered distinguished ...
The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The role of the secretary-general and of the secretariat is laid out by Chapter XV (Articles 97 to 101) of the United Nations ...
Foundation. Kofi Atta Annan (/ ˈkoʊfi ˈænæn / KOH-fee AN-an, [1] US also /- ˈɑːnɑːn / - AH-nahn; [2] 8 April 1938 – 18 August 2018) was a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh secretary-general of the United Nations from 1997 to 2006. [3] Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001 Nobel Peace Prize. [4]
Madeleine Albright. Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright[1] (born Marie Jana Körbelová, later Korbelová; May 15, 1937 – March 23, 2022) [2][3] was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the 64th United States secretary of state from 1997 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman to hold that post.
Thant (Burmese: သန့်; MLCTS: san. [θa̰ɰ̃]; 22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974), known honorifically as U Thant (/ uː θɑːnt /), [a] was a Burmese diplomat and the third secretary-general of the United Nations from 1961 to 1971, the first non- Scandinavian to hold the position. He held the office for a record 10 years and one month.
v. t. e. After Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865, a three-week series of events was held to mourn the death and memorialize the life of the 16th president of the United States. Funeral services, a procession, and a lying in state were first held in Washington, D.C., then a funeral train transported Lincoln's remains 1,654 miles ...
Union City was platted in 1849, eleven years after its twin city of Union City, Ohio. [5] A post office has been in operation at Union City, Indiana since 1852. [6]The William Kerr House, Raphael Kirshbaum Building, Union City Commercial Historic District, Union City Passenger Depot, Union City Public Library, and Union City School are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.