June Slovenia and Croatia each declare independence. As Croatia moves towards independence, it evicts most of its Serbian population. January Macedonia declares independence. April Bosnia and Herzegovina declares independence. Ethnic tensions strain to the breaking point, and Bosnia erupts into war.
Thousands die and more than a million are displaced.
By the time a tenuous peace is achieved in 1995, the country has been partitioned into three areas, with each region governed by one of the three ethnic groups. April Serbia and Montenegro form the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, with Slobodan Milosevic as its leader. This new government, however, is not recognized by the United States as the successor state to the former Yugoslavia. Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia sign the Dayton Peace Accord to end the war in Bosnia. March Milosevic sends troops to Kosovo to quash unrest in the province.