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Tito's tomb. Tito's grave. Josip Broz Tito, President of Yugoslavia and President of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, died on 4 May 1980 following a prolonged illness. His state funeral was held four days later on 8 May, drawing a significant amount of statesmen from Western, Eastern and Non-Aligned countries across the world.
The state funeral of Josip Broz Tito drew many world statesmen. [220] It attracted government leaders from 129 states. [ 221 ] Based on the number of attending politicians and state delegations, at the time it was the largest state funeral in history; this concentration of dignitaries would be unmatched until the funeral of Pope John Paul II in ...
State funeral of Josip Broz Tito: May 8, 1980 Yugoslavia: Belgrade ~700,000 [69] Funeral of Bobby Sands: May 7, 1981 United Kingdom: Belfast: at least 100,000 [70] State funeral of Bob Marley: May 21, 1981 Jamaica: Kingston ~100,000 [71] State funeral of Ziaur Rahman: June 2, 1981 Bangladesh: Dhaka ~2,000,000 [72] [73] State funeral of BP ...
The House of Flowers (Serbian: Кућа цвећа, romanized: Kuća cveća; Croatian: Kuća cvijeća; Macedonian: Куќа на цвеќето; Slovene: Hiša cvetja) is the resting place of Josip Broz Tito (1892–1980) and Jovanka Broz (1924–2013), the President and the First Lady of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Pages in category "Josip Broz Tito" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. ... Death and state funeral of Josip Broz Tito; H. Herta Haas; K ...
The following is a full list of awards and decorations received by Josip Broz Tito, Yugoslav president and statesman, sorted by continents and Cold War bloc division. Josip Broz Tito received a total of 119 awards and decorations from 60 countries around the world (59 countries and Yugoslavia). 21 decorations were from Yugoslavia itself, 18 having been awarded once, and the Order of the People ...
The only person to ever hold the title of "Marshal of Yugoslavia" was Josip Broz Tito, with the term "Marshal" becoming synonymous with his name in Yugoslavia. He received it at the second session of AVNOJ in the Bosnian town of Jajce on 30 November 1943, and held it until his death on 4 May 1980. [1] Tito had more than 70 different marshal ...
The intervention happened when President of Yugoslavia Josip Broz Tito's health deteriorated with perception that Moscow was waiting for Tito to die in order to renew its pressure on Belgrade. [1] Tito's funeral turned into the largest state funeral in history.