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Date: 23 August 1917
Većeslav Holjevac (22 August 1917 – 11 July 1970) was a Croatian and Yugoslav soldier and communist politician.
Holjevac was born in Karlovac, at the time in Austria-Hungary. He joined the Communist Party of Yugoslavia in 1939. Following the Axis invasion of Yugoslavia and establishment of Independent State of Croatia, Holjevac was active in resistance movement and in July 1941 he was one of the founders of Partisan units in Kordun and Banovina regions of Croatia. He served as political commissar of Partisan units in that region, including the 4th Croatian Corps, until the end of war.
The most famous action which Holjevac commanded in 1941, happened on November 17 in Karlovac. He was in command of the platoon whose assignment was to liberate partisan Marijan Čavić, who was wounded by Ustashe, captured and set to healthcare in Karlovac hospital. Holjevac's platoon was redressed in Homeguard uniforms, so they entered Karlovac without problems. Unfortunately, Čavić was taken from hospital before their arrival, so the assignment was not completely executed. However, this action made a high impression within the population of Karlovac and neighbouring places.
After the war, Holjevac served in many important posts in Tito's Yugoslavia.
For his war service he received the title of People's Hero of Yugoslavia on Jul 23, 1951. The following year he was named mayor of Zagreb, a post he held until 1963. As such, he is credited with many important construction projects that modernised the city, most notably the creation of Novi Zagreb. He also successfully lobbied for establishment of Zagreb trade fair.
Holjevac died in 1970 in Zagreb.
His daughter Tatjana Holjevac used his legacy to launch her own political career during the 2005 local elections in Zagreb.
A major thoroughfare of Zagreb, Većeslav Holjevac Avenue is named after Većeslav Holjevac.
Lees meer...22 augustus 1917 was een woensdag onder het sterrenbeeld ♌. Het was de 233e dag van het jaar. President van de Verenigde Staten was Woodrow Wilson.
Als je op deze dag bent geboren, ben je 108 jaar oud. Je laatste verjaardag was op vrijdag 22 augustus 2025, 49 dagen geleden. Je volgende verjaardag is op zaterdag 22 augustus 2026, in 315 dagen. Je hebt 39.496 dagen geleefd, of ongeveer 947.926 uur, of ongeveer 56.875.619 minuten, of ongeveer 3.412.537.140 seconden.
Date: 23 August 1917
Date: 23 August 1917
account of Campana sinking told by survivors
Date: 23 August 1917
Russo-Rumanians move forward from summit of Garrin to Lake Zeribar and occupy gates of Marivan
Date: 23 August 1917
Special to The New York Times
man arrested on U. S. torpedo boat at Newport and held for court-martial on charge of forging censoring officer's initials to a communication; believed to be source of sending information about troops to Germany
Date: 23 August 1917
Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES
French hail Verdun as deadly blow to German morale, says correspondent
Date: 23 August 1917
battle rages along whole front, especially on the Carso; Italians take Vrh
Date: 22 August 1917
382 reported slain in riots
Date: 22 August 1917
counterattacks repulsed