Dobrica Ćosić

Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian politician, 1st President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (died 2014)

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Born: December 29, 1921
Died: May 18, 2014
Zodiac sign: Capricorn
Birth year: 1921

About Dobrica Ćosić

Dobrica Ćosić (Serbian Cyrillic: Добрица Ћосић, pronounced [dǒbritsa tɕôːsitɕ]; 29 December 1921 – 18 May 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian writer, politician and political theorist. Ćosić was twice awarded the prestigious NIN award for literature and Medal of Pushkin for his writing. His books have been translated into 30 languages. He was the first President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia with his tenure lasting from 1992 to 1993. Admirers sometimes refer to him as the Father of the Nation due to his influence on modern Serbian politics and the national revival movement in the late 1980s while his opponents use that term in an ironic manner.

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Career and life highlights

Born: December 29, 1921

The world when Dobrica Ćosić was born

Dobrica Ćosić was born in 1921. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1921

#1 song"My Man" – Fanny Brice
Top movieThe Kid (Charlie Chaplin)
Best-selling bookMain Street – Sinclair Lewis

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentJack Dempsey vs Georges Carpentier — first million-dollar gate
Top headlineWarren G. Harding inaugurated as 29th President
Technology milestoneAlbert Einstein wins the Nobel Prize in Physics
Defining fadOuija boards
Notable inventionLie detector (polygraph)
World population1.88 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWarren G. Harding
Sports championNew York Giants (World Series)
U.S. population108.5M

1921 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Dobrica Ćosić's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1921	2026
Gas	$0.26	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,500	$435,000
Average income	$3,010	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.15	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	108.5M	341 million

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