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1987: The 5-billionth Inhabitant of the Earth Born in Zagreb

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1987: The 5-billionth Inhabitant of the Earth Born in Zagreb

On this day, Matej Gašpar, who was proclaimed 5-billionth person on planet Earth by the UN, was born in Z ...

On this day, Matej Gašpar, who was proclaimed 5-billionth person on planet Earth by the UN, was born in Zagreb. At that time, the Universiade was held in Zagreb, from 8 till 19 July in 1987. On the o ...

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2001: Goran Ivanišević Wins Wimbledon

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2001: Goran Ivanišević Wins Wimbledon

On this day Goran Ivanišević achieved the greatest success in the history of Croatian tennis, winning the ...

On this day Goran Ivanišević achieved the greatest success in the history of Croatian tennis, winning the prestigious Wimbledon tournament in the UK. In the finals on this day he defeated Patrick Raf ...

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1409: Disgraceful Sale of Dalmatia to Venice

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1409: Disgraceful Sale of Dalmatia to Venice

On this day one of the most shameful episodes in the entire history of Croatia happened. King Ladislaus o ...

On this day one of the most shameful episodes in the entire history of Croatia happened. King Ladislaus of Naples sold his rights to Dalmatia to the Republic of Venice for 100,000 ducats. Thus Venice ...

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1991: The Yugoslav People’s Army tank crushed red Fiat in Osijek

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1991: The Yugoslav People’s Army tank crushed red Fiat in Osijek

On this day one of the best remembered events from the Croatian War of Independence took place in Osijek. ...

On this day one of the best remembered events from the Croatian War of Independence took place in Osijek. A red Fiat with Osijek license plates was recklessly ran-over by a Yugoslav People's Army tank ...

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1741: Maria Theresa Crowned “King” of Hungary and Croatia

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1741: Maria Theresa Crowned “King” of Hungary and Croatia

On this day, the grand coronation of Maria Theresa as the ruler of the Hungarian-Croatian kingdom was hel ...

On this day, the grand coronation of Maria Theresa as the ruler of the Hungarian-Croatian kingdom was held. Since it was thought that women are not fit to govern Hungary, Maria Theresa simply took th ...

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1593: Croatian and Austrian Victory over the Ottomans at Sisak

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1593: Croatian and Austrian Victory over the Ottomans at Sisak

On this day, the most famous Croatian victory over the Ottoman Turks occurred near Sisak. By this time, t ...

On this day, the most famous Croatian victory over the Ottoman Turks occurred near Sisak. By this time, the Turks were extensively ravaging Croatian territory, mounting raids even in neighboring Slove ...

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1907: Penkala Patents his Fountain Pen

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1907: Penkala Patents his Fountain Pen

On this day Slavoljub Eduard Penkala patented the first solid-ink fountain pen. It was only a starting p ...

On this day Slavoljub Eduard Penkala patented the first solid-ink fountain pen. It was only a starting point in the further development of the mechanical pencil, which is colloquially often called a ...

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1990: First Multiparty Parliament in Croatia

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1990: First Multiparty Parliament in Croatia

The parliament was still called the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia at the time. After th ...

The parliament was still called the Parliament of the Socialist Republic of Croatia at the time. After the first multiparty parliamentary elections were held in Croatia, the parliament assembled in Za ...

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