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January 14, 1953

On January 14, 1953, josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia. Rick Moranis, Sk. Mujibur Rahman, Sebastian Faulks would arrive in the same year.

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1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1953rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 953rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1950s decade.

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On January 14, 1953

  1. 1953 Josip Broz Tito is elected the first President of Yugoslavia.

    Leader of Yugoslavia from 1943 to 1980

    Josip Broz, commonly known as Tito, was a Yugoslav communist revolutionary and politician who led Yugoslavia as prime minister from 1943 to 1963 and as president from 1953 until his death in 1980. He was the longtime leader of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, supreme commander of the Yugoslav Partisans during World War II, and was one of the founders of the Non-Aligned Movement. The political ideology and policies associated with his rule are known as Titoism.

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Rick Moranis 1953– Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer and screenwriter
Sk. Mujibur Rahman 1953– Bengali politician
Sebastian Faulks 1953– English journalist and author
James Chance 1953– American musician (died 2024)
John Brumby 1953– Australian politician, 45th Premier of Victoria
Ben Bernanke 1953– American economist

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