4 ms·
There's an island named after the 3rd UN Secretary General? I did not know that. Cool!
by vivin 13y ago
There's an island named after the 3rd UN Secretary General? I did not know that. Cool!
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoYup. “There is a forlorn little spit of land in the middle of the East River by the United Nations, called U Thant Island.” “In 1977, a group of United Nations employees who meditated with Sri Chinmoy, a Queens-based mystic, had the island re-christened in honor of the Burmese diplomat U Thant, who was the third Secretary General of the world body from 1961 to 1971.” http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/fyi-652520.html http://www.nytimes.com/1996/10/06/nyregion/fyi-652520.html
- shawnc 13y agoMy uncle was very close friends with Sri Chinmoy, and I met him a few times in my youth. Fascinating man.
- smackfu 13y agoI remember my parents had a joke book from the 70s where one joke had a punchline of "No, U Thant." That did not age well.