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Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
Timeline of Events
1941
3.27.1941
World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup.
1943
11.29.1943
The second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina, determining the post-war ordering of the country.
1963
7.26.1963
An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Republic of Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.
1980
5.4.1980
President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia dies in Ljubljana at the age of 87.
1988
11.19.1988
Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
11.19.1988
Serbian communist representative and future Serbian and Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic publicly declares that Serbia is under attack from Albanian separatists in Kosovo as well as internal treachery within Yugoslavia and a foreign conspiracy to destroy Serbia and Yugoslavia.
1990
12.23.1990
History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88% of Slovenia's population vote for independence from Yugoslavia.
1991
9.18.1991
Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.
10.8.1991
Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent
2000
10.6.2000
Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.