On This Day - What happened 4 May 1980 AD

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.

Tito died at the Medical Centre of Ljubljana on 4 May 1980, three days short of his 88th birthday.

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.

Tito died at the Medical Centre of Ljubljana on 4 May 1980, three days short of his 88th birthday.