1941    World War II: Yugoslavian Air Force officers topple the pro-axis government in a bloodless coup.

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    An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Republic of Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.

1980    President Josip Broz Tito of Yugoslavia dies in Ljubljana at the age of 87.

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.

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    History of Slovenia: In a referendum, 88% of Slovenia's population vote for independence from Yugoslavia.

1991    Yugoslavia begins a naval blockade of 7 Adriatic port cities.

1991    Croatia votes to sever constitutional relations with Yugoslavia, making the country fully independent

2000    Yugoslav president Slobodan Milošević resigns.