Yugoslavia: Timeline

1927   Earthquake Earthquake

An earthquake is a phenomenon [i] that results from and is powered by the sudden release of stored energ ... 

 in Yugoslavia - 700 dead

1927   Yugoslavia severs diplomatic relations to Albania Albania

The Republic of Albania is a Balkan [i] country in Southeastern Europe [i]. ... 

1928   Shooting incident in Yugoslavian parliament - Punica Rasic shoots 3 opposition representatives and injures three others

1941   World War II: Germany Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ... 

 invades Yugoslavia and Greece Greece

Greece Greece lies at the juncture of Europe [i], Asia [i], and Africa [i]. ... 

.

1941   World War II: Germans Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country [i] in central Europe [i]. ... 

 rampage in Yugoslavia, killing thousands of civilians

1943   Second session of AVNOJ, the Anti-fascist council of national liberation of Yugoslavia, is held in Jajce, Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkan [i] peninsula of southern Europe [i] with an a ... 

, determining the post-war ordering of the country.

1943   World War II: In Yugoslavia, resistance leader Marshal Tito proclaims a provisional democratic Yugoslav government in-exile.

1946   USA recognizes Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito was the leader [i] of Yugoslavia [i] ... 

's government in Yugoslavia

1950   Greece Greece

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 and Yugoslavia reform diplomatic relations

1953   Soviet Union Soviet Union

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 and Yugoslavia form diplomatic relations

1954   In Yugoslavia, Milovan Djilas, Tito Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito was the leader [i] of Yugoslavia [i] ... 

's second-in-command, is relieved of his duties

1956   In Yugoslavia, former prime minister Milovan Djilas is arrested after he criticized Josip Broz Tito Josip Broz Tito

Josip Broz Tito was the leader [i] of Yugoslavia [i] ... 

1962   Author Milovan Djilas is arrested in Yugoslavia.

1963   An earthquake Earthquake

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 in Skopje Skopje

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, Yugoslavia leaves 1,800 dead.

1970   Richard Nixon Richard Nixon

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 begins a tour of Europe and visits Italy Italy

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, Yugoslavia, Spain Spain

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, the United Kingdom United Kingdom

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 and Ireland Ireland

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.

1971   July 14 – The Yugoslavian government allows foreign companies to take their profits from the country.

1972   The last major epidemic of smallpox in Europe breaks out in Yugoslavia.

1974   An express train bound for Germany Germany

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 from Belgrade Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital [i] and largest city of the Republic of Serbia [i]. ... 

 derails in Zagreb Zagreb

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, Yugoslavia (now Croatia Croatia

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), killing more than 150 passengers.

1975   A fire in the maternity wing at Kucic Hospital in Rijeka, Yugoslavia, kills 25 babies.

1976   A British Airways British Airways

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 Trident and a Yugoslav Yugoslavia

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 DC-9 collide near Zagreb Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital [i] city of Croatia [i]. ... 

, Yugoslavia (now Croatia Croatia

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), killing all 176 aboard.

1976   A British Airways British Airways

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 Trident and a Yugoslav Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia is a term used for the three separate political entities that existed during most of the 20th century [i] ... 

 DC-9 collide near Zagreb Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital [i] city of Croatia [i]. ... 

, Yugoslavia (now Croatia Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a country in Europe [i], at the crossroads of th ... 

), killing all 176 aboard.

1981   A Yugoslavian Yugoslavia

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 DC-9 McDonnell Douglas DC-9

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 crashes into a mountain while approaching Ajaccio Airport in Corsica Corsica

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, killing 178.

1991   The Federal Yugoslavian Army begins to withdraw from Zagreb Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital [i] city of Croatia [i]. ... 

.

1992   Serbia Serbia

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n troops, as a result of a mass rebellion of Serbs in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a country on the Balkan [i] peninsula of southern Europe [i] with an a ... 

 against the Bosnian declaration of independence from Yugoslavia, besiege the city of Sarajevo Sarajevo

Sarajevo is the capital city [i] and largest urban center of Bosnia and Herzegovina [i], with an estima ... 

 (the beginning of the Bosnian War).