Galeb Sails to Sarajevo

Reviewing the week of 12-18 August (#33) and previewing the week of 19-25 August (#34) of 2024.

News Roundup

“Croatian Film Explores Decline and Revival of Yugoslav Leader Tito’s Yacht,” Balkan Insight, August 16, 2024

“Director David Lusicic’s new film tells the story of how the ship that Josip Broz Tito once used for international diplomatic missions fell into decay as Yugoslavia collapsed but is now being renovated as a historical attraction.

“The film is a documentary essay about the former Yugoslavia President Josip Broz Tito’s yacht, the Galeb, which he used for diplomatic voyages, and mixes contemporary views of the story with somewhat nostalgic backwards looks to the past.”

Today in History

Birthdays

• 19 August
  • 1928 – Zdenka Heršak, Croatian/Yugoslav actress
  • 1928 – Slobodan Popović, Serbian writer
  • 1937 – Kiro Dojčinovski, Macedonian historian
  • 1949 – Mirjana Nikolić, Serbian actress
  • 1952 – Nenad Stojanovski, Macedonian actor
• 20 August
  • 1922 – Bogdan Bogdanović, Serbian/Yugoslav designer and architect
  • 1941 – Stevan Ostojić, Serbian/Yugoslav football player and coach
  • 1943 – Dragan Nikolić, Serbian/Yugoslav actor
  • 1961 – Emir Hadžihafizbegović, Bosnian actor
  • 1964 – Dino Dvornik, Croatian musician
• 21 August
  • 1916 – Jelena Ćetković, Serbian Partisan and activist; People’s Hero of Yugoslavia
  • 1917 – Janez Vipotnik, Slovenian writer
  • 1929 – Toma Jovanović, Serbian/Yugoslav actor
  • 1942 – Božidar Orešković, Croatian actor
• 22 August
  • 1917 – Većeslav Holjevac, Croatian/Yugoslav politician (mayor of Zagreb 1952-62)
  • 1922 – Slavko Goldstein, Croatian historian
  • 1924 – Kuzman Smilevski, Macedonian Partisan and JNA officer
  • 1930 – Boris Magaš, Croatian/Yugoslav architect
  • 1936 – Dobrica Erić, Serbian writer
  • 1938 – Fedor Kritovac, Croatian architect and critic
  • 1946 – Vasil Tocinovski, Macedonian writer
• 23 August
  • 2012 – Jara Ribnikar, Czech/Yugoslav Partisan and writer
  • 1933 – Jure Robežnik, Slovenian jazz musician and composer
  • 1947 – Goran Sultanović, Serbian/Yugoslav actor
  • 1950 – Miljenko Dereta, Serbian/Yugoslav film director
  • 1952 – Mirjana Majurec, Croatian actress
• 24 August
  • 1946 – Goran Marković, Serbian/Yugoslav film director
  • 1964 – Sanda Dubravčić, Croatian/Yugoslav figure skater
• 25 August
  • 1909 – Jože Zupan, Slovenian actor
  • 1927 – Neda Andrić, Croatian politician and economist
  • 1927 – Mihal Babinka, Slovak/Yugoslav writer
  • 1930 – Aleksandar Mladenović, Serbian/Yugoslav linguist
  • 1942 – Đurđija Cvetić, Serbian/Yugoslav actress
  • 1946 – Branko Cvejić, Serbian/Yugoslav actor

Deaths

• 19 August
  • 1983 – Aleksandar Ranković, Serbian/Yugoslav Partisan and politician; People’s Hero of Yugoslavia
  • 1997 – Maja Dimitrijević, Serbian/Yugoslav actress
  • 2013 – Mirko Kovač, Croatian-Serbian/Yugoslav writer
  • 2014 – Predrag Palavestra, Serbian/Yugoslav writer and literary historian
  • 2016 – Mira Stupica, Serbian/Yugoslav actress
• 20 August
  • 1978 – Miodrag Borisavljević, Serbian writer
  • 1994 – Alexandar Petrović, Serbian/Yugoslav film director
  • 2005 – Branislav Ciga Milenković, Serbian/Yugoslav actor
  • 2013 – Janez Boljka, Slovenian artist
  • 2020 – Zoran Miljković, Serbian/Yugoslav actor
• 22 August
  • 1976 – Fran Roš, Slovenian poet and writer
  • 2010 – Stjepan Bobek, Croatian/Yugoslav football player and coach
  • 2011 – Vladimir Rem, Croatian poet and critic
  • 2012 – Šime Kronja, Serbian/Yugoslav Partisan and journalist
• 23 August
  • 1989 – Nebojša Mitrić, Serbian artist
  • 2000 – Mića Tomić, Serbian/Yugoslav actor
  • 2016 – Mito Trefalt, Slovenian actor and TV personality
  • 2020 – Zoja Odak, Croatian actress
• 24 August
  • 1941 – Slava Klavora, Slavko Šlander, and Franjo Vrunč, Slovenian Partisans; People’s Heroes of Yugoslavia
  • 2018 – Ciril Zlobec, Slovenian writer, translator, and politician
• 25 August
  • 2000 – Ivan Stambolić, Serbian/Yugoslav politician
  • 2009 – Virgilije Nevjestić, Croatian artist
  • 2018 -Vančo Petruševski, Macedoanian actor
  • 2021 – Milan Gutović, Croatian actor

Featured photo CC-BY-SA Rubenberger.