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Events on Sunday 23 December 1990 1
1990Slovenia holds independence referendumVoters overwhelmingly back leaving YugoslaviaOn 23 December 1990 Slovenian voters backed independence from Yugoslavia by over 88%. The result set a six-month timetable for secession that led to Slovenia declaring independence in June 1991. It was the first Yugoslav republic to formally break away.