Kosovo War - Tito's Death

Time: Sunday May 4, 1980

Place: Serbia

Details: Provincial power was still exercised by the Communist Party, but now devolved mainly to ethnic Albanian communists. Tito's death on 4 May 1980 ushered in a long period of political instability, worsened by growing economic crisis and nationalist unrest.

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On This Day - 4 May

Abraham Lincoln-Overland Campaign

Wednesday May 4, 1864 - Virginia, U.S.

USA civil war-Confederate forces in Alabama and Mississippi surrendered

Thursday May 4, 1865 - Alabama and Mississippi, United States

Anna May Wong-The Red Lantern

Sunday May 4, 1919 - U.S.

Audrey Hepburn-Birth

Saturday May 4, 1929 - Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium

First Indochina War-The Last French offensive Took Place

Tuesday May 4, 1954 - Vietnam

4 May 1980

Josip Broz Tito-Death

Sunday May 4, 1980 - Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)

May 1980

Josip Broz Tito-Death

Sunday May 4, 1980 - Ljubljana, SR Slovenia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Slovenia)

1980

Samsung-Entering The Telecommunications Hardware Industry

Jan, 1980 - Gumi, South Korea

Magdi Yacoub-Beginning The Harefield Hospital Transplant Programme

1980 - Harefield, Greater London, England

Microsoft-Operating System

1980 - Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.

Carlos Slim-Grupo Galas

1980 - Mexico City, Mexico

Rosa Parks-Parks co-founded the Rosa L. Parks scholarship foundation

1980 - Detroit, Michigan, U.S.