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...
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Igor Milanović – One of the Greatest Water Polo Players...
Igor Milanović, the man who, in Madrid in 1986, scored a last-second goal against Italy, causing a nationwide celebration in Yugoslavia! His biography is hard to summarize in a few...
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...
Zdenka Vučković – Yugoslavia’s First Child Pop Star
Zdenka was born in 1942 and managed to win a children’s music competition at the tender age of six. She captured the hearts of the audience at the age of...
Vera Nikolić – Celebrated Athlete
She was born in the village of Grabovica near Despotovac on September 23, 1948. At the age of 13, she won the school cross-country race in Ćuprija. There, athletics expert...
Tito and Fidel Castro – (Un)Friendship
Yugoslav Marshal Josip Broz and Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro met in 1969 in the corridors of the United Nations. Prior to Tito’s speech, Castro approached the leader of Yugoslavia...
Tina Turner in Yugoslavia
Tina Turner and her then-husband Ike opened a series of major world concerts in Yugoslavia. They performed for the first time in the “Pionir” hall in front of 6,295 people...
Safet Sušić „Pape”
He began his career at Krivaja from Zavidovići, where he started playing in the first team at the age of 16. The 1972/73 season saw him start as a player...
Princesses from Dedinje
The Mijatović sisters, Mira and Maja, were known as beautiful, energetic, smiling, “fatal,” sociable, and their parties at the villa in Dedinje were considered the best in the city. Their...
Olivera Markovic – actress
One of the most striking actresses in this region was born as Olivera Đorđević. She was only nine years old when she founded a “theater group” in Niška Banja, where...
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