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Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city population in 2011 was 686,568, while its municipal population was 792,875...

Timeline of Events

1974

8.30.1974

A Belgrade–Dortmund express train derails at the main train station in Zagreb killing 153 passengers.

1976

9.10.1976

A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176.

1995

5.2.1995

During the Croatian War of Independence, Serb forces fire cluster bombs at Zagreb, killing 7 and wounding over 175 civilians.