1989 in Croatia
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Events from the year 1989 in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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Incumbents

  • President of Presidency - Ivo Latin
  • Chairman of the Executive Council - Antun Milović

Sport

  • Davor Šuker
    Davor Šuker
    Davor Šuker , is a retired Croatian footballer. He played as a striker for a number of European clubs as well as the Croatian national team, where he is the all-time top goal scorer with 45 goals....

     was the highest scoring player in Yugoslavia's First Federal League, with 18 goals for NK Osijek
    NK Osijek
    NK Osijek is a Croatian football club, from Osijek in eastern Croatia.- History :NK Osijek's early roots are found in club called NK Udarnik that was formed in 1945 under FPR Yugoslavia's new communist authorities on the ashes of dissolved HŠK Slavija...

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  • RK Zagreb
    RK Zagreb
    RK Zagreb is a team handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. Currently, RK Zagreb competes in the Croatian First League of Handball and the Croatian Handball Cup....

     was champion of Yugoslavia
    Yugoslav Handball Championship
    The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the highest level of handball competition in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. After the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the league was succeeded by the following competitions:...

     in handball
    Team handball
    Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

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  • Dražen Petrović
    Dražen Petrovic
    Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...

    , Toni Kukoč
    Toni Kukoc
    Toni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five positions on the court with prowess and demonstrated court vision and an outside shooting touch that were...

    , Dino Rađa, Stojko Vranković
    Stojko Vrankovic
    Stojan "Stojko" Vranković is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia....

    , Zoran Čutura
    Zoran Cutura
    Zoran Čutura is a former Croatian basketball player. Čutura won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Yugoslavia....

    , Zdravko Radulović
    Zdravko Radulovic
    Zdravko Radulović is a retired Croatian basketball player. A 1.91 m shooting guard, he was a very prolific scorer, leading the Euroleague in scoring during the 1992-93 season with 23.9 ppg.Radulović has been a member of the Yugoslav national team...

     were members of the Yugoslavian team which won EuroBasket 1989
    EuroBasket 1989
    -Group A:-Group B:-Places 5 - 8:-Places 1 - 4:-Finals:-Final rankings:# # # # # # # # -Team rosters:#Yugoslavia: Dražen Petrović, Toni Kukoč, Vlade Divac, Dino Rađa, Žarko Paspalj, Stojan Vranković, Predrag Danilović, Jure Zdovc, Zoran Čutura, Zdravko Radulović, Zoran Radović, Mario Primorac...

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  • HAVK Mladost
    HAVK Mladost
    HAVK Mladost is a Croatian water polo club from Zagreb. It is part of the Mladost sports society. The club was formed in 1946 and is currently coached by Veselin Đuho.It was voted as the world's best water-polo club of the 20th century.- Famous players :...

     became champion of Yugoslavia in water polo.

Deaths

  • 15 April - Ante Kaštelančić, painter (b. 1911)
  • 24 April - Dinko Štambak, historian (b. 1912)
  • 4 October - Lavoslav Horvat, composer (b. 1901)
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