2001 Event Dennis Tito becomes the first space tourist by paying $20 million to fly on a Soyuz mission to the International Space Station. 2000 Death "Tito ""The Mambo King"" Puente", bandleader/percussionist, dies at 76 1996 Death Tito Okello, president of Uganda (1985-86), dies 1996 Death Tito Okello, Ugandan general, dies at 81 1986 Event General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda 1984 Death Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (Scarpia in Tosca), dies at 68 1980 Event Josip Tito, Yugoslav president, buried 1980 Death Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 1972 Event Yugoslav president Tito visits U.S.S.R. 1972 Birthday Tito Paul, NFL defensive back, Arizona Cardinals, Cincinnati Bengals 1971 Birthday Tito Wooten, NFL safety for the New York Giants 1968 Event Yugoslav president Tito visits Prague 1968 Event Yugoslav president Tito promises reforms 1965 Death Tito [Raffaele A] Schipa, Italian tenor/composer (Rondine), dies at 76 1963 Event Indians' Woodie Held, Pedro Ramos, Tito Francona, and Larry Brown hit consecutive home runs in one inning (vs California Angels) 1956 Event Yugoslav president Tito visits Moscow 1953 Birthday [Toriano] Tito Jackson, singer, Jackson 5-ABC, Never Can Say Goodbye 1953 Birthday Tito Jackson, American Musician 1953 Event Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito) 1953 Event Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia 1946 Event U.S. recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government 1945 Event Yugoslavia government of Tito forms 1944 Event Tito reaches free Belgrade 1944 Event Churchill and Tito meet in Naples 1944 Event Partisan leader Tito escapes Germans surrounding Bosnia 1944 Event German assault on Tito's hideout in Drvar Bosnia 1943 Event Partisan Tito forms temporary government in Jajce Bosnia 1943 Event British militia reaches Tito 1942 Event Tito appoints Anti fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia 1942 Event Bosnia Tito establishes 3rd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia 1942 Event Tito establishes 2nd Proletarit Brigade in Bosnia 1942 Event Tito's partisans occupy Foca 1941 Event Tito establishes 1st Proletarian Brigade in Yugoslavia 1941 Event Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia 1941 Event 2nd meeting partisans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia 1941 Event 1st meeting of partizans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia 1934 Event Josip Broz (Tito) freed from jail 1928 Event Josip Broz (Tito) sentenced to 5 years in jail 1927 Event Josip Broz (Tito) begins 7 months jail sentence in Croatia 1923 Birthday Tito Puente, born in Puerto Rico, bandleader, Dance Mania 1915 Birthday Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone, Figaro-Barber of Seville 1892 Birthday Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia, 1943-80 1889 Birthday Tito Schipa, Italy, tenor/composer, La Rondine 1841 Birthday Tito Mattei, pianist/composer 1791 Event Mozarts opera "La Clemenza di Tito," premieres in Prague 1733 Event 1st international boxing match: Bob Whittaker beats Tito di Carni
