Named For Him
- The U Thant Peace Award acknowledges and honours individuals or organizations for distinguished accomplishments toward the attainment of world peace.
- A tiny island in the East River opposing the headquarters of the United Nations, U Thant Island, is named after him.
- Jalan U-Thant in Kuala Lumpur,currently named after the former UN General Secretary U Thant.
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“The last public hanging in the State took place in 1835 on Prince Hill.... On the fatal day, the victim, a man named Watkins, peering through the iron bars of his cell, and seeing the townfolk scurrying to the place of execution, is said to have remarked, ‘Why is everyone running? Nothing can happen until I get there.’”
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