1944    ASNOM: birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in the Republic of Macedonia.

1946    Yugoslavia's new constitution, modeling the Soviet Union, establishes six constituent republics (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia).

1963    An earthquake in Skopje, Yugoslavia (now in the Republic of Macedonia) leaves 1,100 dead.

1991    The Republic of Macedonia becomes independent.

1993    The Republic of Macedonia joins the United Nations.

2001    An agreement is reached on the position of the minority Albanian language in the Republic of Macedonia.

2001    NATO decides to send a peace-keeping force to the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2004    Republic of Macedonia President Boris Trajkovski is killed in a plane crash near Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.