Croatian fascist dictator during World War II (born 1889)

Ante Pavelić

Ante Pavelić was a Croatian politician who founded and headed the Ustaše in 1929 and was dictator of the Independent State of Croatia (NDH), a fascist puppet state built out of parts of occupied Yugoslavia by the authorities of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy, from 1941 to 1945. Pavelić and the Ustaše persecuted many racial minorities and political opponents in the NDH during the war, including Serbs, Jews, Romani, and Yugoslav Partisans, becoming one of the key figures of the genocide of Serbs, the Porajmos and the Holocaust in the NDH.

Born

1889

July 14

Died

1959

Era

1880s

Country

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Ante, in brief

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1959 Died

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The world in 1959

When Ante departed

april 25 The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
april 8 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
april 8 The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
april 9 Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

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Arthur de Gobineau 1816–1882 French writer who founded Gobinism to promote development of racism (died 1882) Ferdinando II de' Medici 1610–1670 Grand Duke of Tuscany (died 1670) Gertrude Bell 1868–1926 English archaeologist and spy (born 1868) Harry Dean Stanton 1926–2017 American actor, musician, and singer (died 2017) Javier Solana 1942– Spanish physicist and politician, Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs Jerry Rubin 1938–1994 American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994) Plaek Phibunsongkhram 1897– Thai military officer and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Thailand (died 1964) Robert F. Overmyer 1936–1996 American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1996)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1889

Abelardo L. Rodríguez 1889–1967 substitute president of Mexico (1932–1934) (born 1889) Adolf Hitler 1889–1945 Austrian-born German politician, Führer of Nazi Germany (died 1945) Adrian Boult 1889–1983 English conductor (died 1983) Alexander Mair 1889–1969 Australian politician, 26th Premier of New South Wales (died 1969) Gabriela Mistral 1889–1957 Chilean poet and educator, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1957) Gao Qifeng 1889–1933 Chinese painter (died 1933) Jawaharlal Nehru 1889–1964 Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889) John Reith 1889–1971 1st Baron Reith, Scottish broadcaster, co-founded BBC (died 1971) Kim Chwa-chin 1889– South Korean guerrilla leader (died 1930)

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