Ana Sasso – Yugoslav beauty
In September 1982, in Banja Luka, she became Miss Yugoslavia and represented her country at the world pageant in London. This followed a brief modeling career, but the Miss title...
Youth Day – May 25.
May 25 was once widely celebrated throughout Yugoslavia as Youth Day and the birthday of Josip Broz Tito. Although Tito was officially born on May 7, this day was observed...
Nenad Stekić – “White Bimon”
What no one else had ever achieved in long jump was accomplished by the magnificent Nenad Stekić, who ranked first on the world lists for five consecutive years during the...
Miodrag Petrović Čkalja – A Born Comedian
On the very day the world celebrates humor, one of the greatest actors and comedians from this region was born – Miodrag Petrović Čkalja. “I was skinny like a stick,...
Bijelo Dugme concert at Hajdučka Česma
On August 28, 1977, at Hajdučka Česma at Topčider, Belgrade, Bijelo Dugme held a concert, marking the peak of the tour promoting their third album. After nine performances in Poland...
Ivo Pogorelic – piano master
Ivo Pogorelić began his music education at the age of seven in Belgrade at the Dr. Vojislav Vučković and Mokranjac music schools and continued his studies at the Central Music...
Dragutin Šurbek, Table Tennis Player
He was born on August 8, 1946, in Zagreb. He started playing table tennis in Zagreb at the age of ten in the STK Poštar club, and since 1965, he...
Brion – The Scent of Yugoslavia
Every morning, freshly shaved men in Yugoslavia would apply the famous lotion that is still produced today. Brion was famous not only for its scent but also because, with the...
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