1945    Cold War: Yugoslav leader Josip "Tito" Broz signs an agreement with the Soviet Union to allow "temporary entry of Soviet troops into Yugoslav territory".

1946    Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

1947    Italy cedes most of Venezia Giulia to Yugoslavia.

1953    Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen as President of Yugoslavia.

1955    The USSR and Yugoslavia sign the Belgrade declaration and thus normalize relations between both countries, discontinued since 1948.

1963    Yugoslavia is proclaimed to be a Socialist republic and Josip Broz Tito is named President for life.

1974    Josip Broz Tito is re-elected president of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. This time he is elected for life.

1976    A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.

1981    A Yugoslavian Inex Adria Aviopromet DC-9 crashes in Corsica killing all 180 people on-board.

1991    Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.

1991    Slovenia, after declaring independence two days before is invaded by Yugoslav troops, tanks, and aircraft starting the Ten-Day War.

1991    Yugoslav Wars: the Brioni Agreement ends the ten-day independence war in Slovenia against the rest of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1991    The United Nations Security Council adopts Security Council Resolution 721, leading the way to the establishment of peacekeeping operations in Yugoslavia.

1992    The international community recognizes the independence of Slovenia and Croatia from the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

1992    Bosnia and Herzegovina declares its independence from Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

2001    NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.