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Events on Sunday 4 May 1980 1
1892 – 1980Josip Broz Tito (1892-1980)Died 4 May 1980, aged 87Yugoslav revolutionary and statesman who led Yugoslavia as president from 1953 until his death, maintaining independence from both Soviet and Western blocs as a founder of the Non-Aligned Movement. He had led the Partisan resistance against Axis occupation during World War II. His death raised fears about Yugoslavia's future stability, which fractured a decade later.