The fall of Milošević
2000 · Event
When Milošević refuses to accept an election he lost, half a million Serbs converge on Belgrade, a bulldozer leads the storming of parliament, and the police stand aside. Within a year the man who lit the Yugoslav fires is in The Hague — the first head of state ever delivered to an international court by his own people.
On these timelines: The Break-up of Yugoslavia, Eastern Europe & the Balkans, Master
More from The Break-up of Yugoslavia
- Yugoslav Wars (1991)
- Srebrenica massacre (1995)
- Bosnian War (1992)
- Slovenia and Croatia declare independence (1991)
- Siege of Sarajevo (1992)
- Death of Tito (1980)
- Kosovo War (1998)
- Croatian War of Independence (1991)
Around 2000
- Arab Spring (2010)
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1991)
- Gulf War (1990)
- War on Terror (2001)
- (Everything I Do) I Do It for You (Bryan Adams) (1991)
- September 11 attacks (2001)
- That's The Way Love Goes (Janet Jackson) (1993)
- Pop music: the 1990s (1990)
- Pop music: the 2000s (2000)
- Pop music: the 2010s (2010)