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Josip Broz Tito’s 80th Birthday

Summary/Abstract: In the moments of the evident crisis of social and economic development of Yugoslavia in early 1970s, the country’s leadership used the occasion of Josip Broz Tito’s 80th birthday to show how well grounded his revolutionary and political activity had been. By displaying loyalty of political institutions and individuals to the personality of Josip Broz Tito, the institutions of the State and Society lavished on him various honors, events and manifestations of loyalty. All that was connected with the jubilee of his 80th birthday and the traditional celebration of the Youth Day. In 1972 Tito was awarded the second medal of the National Hero, the Deed of the People, the most massive celebration of May 25 was organized, events were staged as he traveled the country and much effort was put into fi ling his candidature for the Nobel Prize.

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