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1996 Ivan V. Lalic, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages, dies at 65
1993 President Dobrica Cosic of little Yugoslavia flees 1992 U.N. Security Council votes 12-0 (3 abstentions) to dump Yugoslavia 1992 David Kaplan, news director (ABC), killed in Sarajevo Yugoslavia 1992 U.N. votes for sanctions against Serb-led Yugoslavia to halt fighting 1991 Macedonia votes for independence from Yugoslavia 1991 Slovenia and Croatia declare independence from Yugoslavia 1990 Slovenians vote to secede from Yugoslavia 1988 Journalists demand greater press freedom in Yugoslavia 1988 Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid 1984 14th winter Olympic games close at Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1984 14th Winter Olympic games opens in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 1981 Police and Albanian demonstrators battle in Kosovo Yugoslavia 1980 Josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87 1978 Jacqueline Smith of Great Britain scores 10 straight dead center strikes on a 4" disk in World Parachute Championships in Yugoslavia 1977 Iva Majoli, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1976 Wings performs in Zagreb Yugoslavia 1976 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia, kills all 176 aboard 1975 Ivo Andric, writer, novelist, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature, wrote 'Bosnian Chronicle', 'The Bridge on the Drina', dies in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, at age 82 1974 Train accident at Zagreb Yugoslavia, 121 killed 1974 Yugoslavia adopts constitution 1973 Monica Seles, Novi Sad Yugoslavia, tennis star, U.S. Open 1992 1972 Queen Juliana visits Yugoslavia 1970 Peter II Karadjordjevic, last king of Yugoslavia (1934-45), dies at 57 1969 Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premier of (Yugoslavia 1939-4.), dies at 76 1968 Vlade Divac, Yugoslavia, NBA center, Charlotte Hornets, Los Angeles Lakers 1964 Goran Prpic, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1963 Skopje, Yugoslavia, destroyed by earthquake, kills 1,000+ 1963 Siobodan Zivojinovic, Yugoslavia, tennis star 1963 Sabrina Goles, born in Yugoslavia, tennis star 1963 Yugoslavia proclaimed a Socialistic republic 1962 Yugoslavia grants 1,000 prisoners amnesty 1961 Milan Stojadinovic, premier of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73 1961 Milan Stoyadinovich, fascist Yugoslavia Prime Minister 1935 - 1939, dies at 73 1958 Ivo Pogorelich, Belgrade Yugoslavia, pianist, 1978 Casagrande winner 1958 62nd Boston Marathon won by Franjo Mihalic of Yugoslavia in 2:25:54 1957 Yugoslavia bans Milovan Djilas' book "new class marine officers" 1957 Zeljko Ivanek, Lujubljana Yugoslavia, actor, Mass Appeal 1956 Mima Jausovec, born in Yugoslavia, tennis player, French Open-1977 1955 Poland and Yugoslavia sign trade agreement 1953 Yugoslavia elects it's 1st president (Marshal Tito) 1953 Marshal Josip Tito chosen president of Yugoslavia 1950 Janez Drnovsek, born in Slovenia, Yugoslavia, liberal politician, second President of Slovenia 1947 Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia 1946 U.S. recognizes Tito's Yugoslavia government 1946 Yugoslavia adopts new constitution, becomes a federal republic 1945 Goran Antunac, born in Yugoslavia, International Chess Master, 1975 1945 Yugoslavia government of Tito forms 1944 Soviet troops invade Yugoslavia 1942 Tito appoints Anti fascist Liberation board in Yugoslavia 1941 Tito establishes 1st Proletarian Brigade in Yugoslavia 1941 Laura Antonelli, Pola Yugoslavia, actress, Wifemistress, Divine Nymph 1941 Chetniks attacks Tito's partizans in Uzice Yugoslavia 1941 2nd meeting partisans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia 1941 1st meeting of partizans Tito and Draza Mihailovic in Yugoslavia 1941 British troop land in Iraq/Yugoslavia; surrender to nazis 1941 King Peter leaves Yugoslavia 1941 Hitler signs Directive 27 (assault on Yugoslavia) 1937 Italy and Yugoslavia sign no-attack treaty (Pact of Belgrade) 1934 King Alexander, of Yugoslavia, killed by Georgief (Croatian terrorist) 1934 Balkan Entente alliance forms (Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Romania) 1932 Dusan Makavejev, Belgrade Yugoslavia, director, Man is Not a Bird 1931 Ivan V. Lalic, born in Belgrade, Serbia, poet, awarded most prestigious literary prizes in Yugoslavia, poems are translated into more than twenty languages 1929 Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia 1929 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes changes name to Yugoslavia 1929 Alexander I establishes a royal dictatorship in Yugoslavia 1923 Peter II Karadjordjevic, King of Yugoslavia, 1934-45 1922 Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet, Heaven is a Side Issue 1921 Dobrica Cosic, born in Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, now Serbia, writer, political, national theorist, first president of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1992 - 1993, called 'Father of the Nation' 1921 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia (1903-21), dies 1920 Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia 1918 Yugoslavia declares independence; monarchy established 1918 Yugoslavia proclaims itself a republic 1917 Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats and Slovenes form Yugoslavia 1911 Milovan Djilas, Yugoslavia, writer/politician, New Class 1910 Mother Teresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Yugoslavia, Nobel 1979 1908 Zinka Milanov, Zagreb Yugoslavia, soprano, Ljublama Opera 1927 1905 Vjekoslav Kaleb, Yugoslavia, writer, Splendor of the Fabric 1900 Lucijan Marija Skerjanc, Yugoslavia, composer and conductor 1900 Queen Marie, of Yugoslavia 1893 Dragisa Cvetkovic, Serbian premiere of Yugoslavia, 1939-4. 1892 Josip Broz Tito, WW II partisan, leader of Yugoslavia, 1943-80 1890 Mosa Pijade, Yugoslavia, MP, communist 1888 Aleksandar I Karadordjevic, king of Yugoslavia, 1921-34 1888 Milan Stoyadinovich, born in Serbia, fascist Yugoslavia PM, 1935-39 1876 Alexander I Obrenovic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia, 1922-34 1856 Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavia, physicist, developed alternating current 1844 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia 1739 Turks defeats Holy Roman Emp at Crocyka Yugoslavia and threaten Belgrade |
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