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1996: Siege of Sarajevo Lifted

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1996: Siege of Sarajevo Lifted

The siege of Sarajevo was one of the longest and most grueling sieges in contemporary history, lasting 1, ...

The siege of Sarajevo was one of the longest and most grueling sieges in contemporary history, lasting 1,425 days The siege of Sarajevo was declared over on this day in 1996. It was one of the ...

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1946: Draža Mihailović Executed

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1946: Draža Mihailović Executed

On this day in 1946, the Yugoslav communist authorities executed the famous Chetnik leader Draža Mihailov ...

On this day in 1946, the Yugoslav communist authorities executed the famous Chetnik leader Draža Mihailović. Four months before Mihailović's execution, the Partisans captured him near Višegrad, Bosni ...

July 17, 2015
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1914: Bloodshed in Sarajevo Triggers World War I

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1914: Bloodshed in Sarajevo Triggers World War I

On this day one of the most fateful assassinations throughout world history occurred. Specifically, the S ...

On this day one of the most fateful assassinations throughout world history occurred. Specifically, the Sarajevo assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand provided the pretext for World W ...

June 28, 2015
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1995: U.S. F-16 Shot Down Over Bosnia

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1995: U.S. F-16 Shot Down Over Bosnia

An incident occurred on this day in 1995: an American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, was shot down ove ...

An incident occurred on this day in 1995: an American F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet, was shot down over Bosnia. The movie “Behind Enemy Lines” is loosely based upon experiences of pilot Scott O'Gra ...

June 02, 2015
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1918: The Death of the Assassin who Set Off World War I

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1918: The Death of the Assassin who Set Off World War I

The famous assassin Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Soph ...

The famous assassin Gavrilo Princip, who assassinated Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie in Sarajevo in 1914, died on this day. This event led to the outbreak of the World War I. It ...

April 28, 2015
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1992: The Siege of Sarajevo

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1992: The Siege of Sarajevo

On this day the siege of Sarajevo by the Army of Republika Srpska began. The siege would last for more th ...

On this day the siege of Sarajevo by the Army of Republika Srpska began. The siege would last for more than 44 months, more precisely 1,425 days (until 29 February 1996), and would cost perhaps over 1 ...

April 05, 2015
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