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Jovan Rašković

Jovan Rašković, Serbian psychiatrist, academic, and politician (died 1992)

Born
July 5, 1929
Died
July 28, 1992
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1929

About Jovan Rašković

Jovan Rašković (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Рашковић, pronounced [jǒʋan rǎʃkoʋitɕ]; 5 July 1929 – 28 July 1992) was a Croatian Serb politician. He was leader of the Serb Democratic Party. == Early life == Rašković was born in Knin in 1929. During World War II in Yugoslavia, after a pogrom by the Ustaše which resulted in the deaths of his relatives, he was exiled to Kistanje in Italian-occupied Dalmatia. Witnessing, in 1941, the psychological effect of genocide on a bereaved man from Kistanje who had lost his family left a strong impact on his worldview. He passed his secondary school exams in Šibenik, and graduated in Zagreb. He studied medicine at the University of Zagreb, receiving his diploma in 1956 and a degree in psychiatry in 1962. He received a PhD in neuropsychiatry from the university's medical school in 1975. == Career == === Before the wars === In the 1960s, he served as director of Šibenik city hospital and later director of the medical center. He was one of the founders of the Medical Research Institute of Neurophysiology in Ljubljana.

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Career and life highlights

Jovan Rašković timeline

  1. In February 1990, Rašković went into politics and founded and led the Serb Democratic Party (SDS), which took part in the first Croatian democratic elections.
  2. Although the SDS won relatively few seats in the 1990 elections, it quickly began to increase its power, and Rašković was soon perceived as a leader of Serbs by Franjo Tuđman and his new government.

The world when Jovan Rašković was born

Jovan Rašković was born in 1929. 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 1929

  • #1 song"Singin' in the Rain"
  • Top movieThe Broadway Melody (first Best Picture winner)
  • Best-selling bookA Farewell to Arms – Ernest Hemingway

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst baseball All-Star Game proposed
  • Top headlineStock market crashes on Black Tuesday
  • Technology milestoneFirst Academy Awards ceremony held
  • Defining fadYo-yos
  • Notable inventionCar radio
  • World population2.10 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderHerbert Hoover
  • Sports championPhiladelphia Athletics (World Series)
  • U.S. population121.8M

1929 versus 2026

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

Measure19292026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$6,300$435,000
Average income$3,850$67,500
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population121.8M341 million

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