1999 Event During a bombing run over Belgrade, NATO accidentally bombs the Chinese embassy, killing four which launches massive protests throughout China 1992 Event Bobby Fisher beats Boris Spassky to with Chess title in Belgrade 1975 Death Ivo Andric, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina', dies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, at age 82 1972 Birthday Daniel Nestor, born in Belgrade Yugo, Canadian tennis player 1996 Olympics 1961 Event 1st conference of neutral countries held in Belgrade 1960 Birthday Danny Mijovic, Belgrade Yugo, Canadian Tour golfer, 1984 Mexican 1958 Birthday Ivo Pogorelich, Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist, 1978 Casagrande winner 1955 Event Khrushchev arrives in Belgrade 1944 Event Tito reaches free Belgrade 1944 Event Russian/Yugoslavian troops free Belgrade 1941 Event Nazi's directs gypsy ghetto in Belgrade 1941 Event Ammunition plant at Fort Smederovo in Belgrade explodes; kills 1,500 1941 Event Begin oper Bestrafung-Germany bomb attacks Belgrade (17,000 die) 1937 Event Italy and Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) 1932 Birthday Dusan Makavejev, Belgrade Yugoslavia, director, Man is Not a Bird 1931 Death Ivan V. Lalic, born in Belgrade, Serbia, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages 1918 Event Serbian-Croatian-Slovic kingdom proclaimed in Belgrade 1915 Event Belgrade Serbia, surrenders to Central leaders 1914 Event Swedish troops over run Belgrade in Austria-Hungary 1914 Event Austria army occupies Belgrade Serbia 1914 Event Austrian-Hungary bombs Belgrade 1913 Birthday Oskar Danon, born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, composer, conductor, earned Ph.D. musicology in Prague, Czechoslovakia, conductor, director for Belgrade Opera, chief conductor Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1739 Event Russia and Turkey sign Peace of Belgrade 1739 Event Turkey and Austria sign peace treaty-Austria cedes Belgrade to Turks 1739 Event Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia and threaten Belgrade 1717 Event Prince Eugenius of Savoye occupies Belgrade 1690 Event Turkish troops occupy Belgrade 1688 Event Austrian armies occupy Belgrade 1521 Event Turkish troops occupy Belgrade 1521 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade 1521 Event Turkish sultan Suleiman I's troops occupy Belgrade 1456 Event Battle at Nandorfehervar (Belgrade): Hungarian army under Janos Hunyadi beats sultan Murad II
