4 May 1980
01 TITO’S DEATH
The leader of Yugoslavia, Josip Tito, dies in Ljubljana. He had held together the Yugoslav republics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia (including Kosovo and Vojvodina) and Slovenia through suppression of the republics’ nationalist movements. His death leads to economic collapse and the rise of nationalism, and the tensions between republics move into the open.
12 November 1989
02 SERBIA ELECTS MILOŠEVIC
Outspoken Serbian nationalist Slobodan Miloševic is elected president of Serbia. This position grants
