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Đorđe Martinović incident

1928 - 2000

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Đorđe Martinović (also spelled Djordje Martinovic; Serbian Cyrillic: Ђорђе Мартиновић; 1929 – 6 September 2000) was a Serb farmer from Kosovo who was at the center of a notorious incident in May 1985, when he was treated for injuries caused by the insertion of a glass bottle into his anus. The "Martinović affair", as it became known, turned into a cause célèbre in Yugoslav politics. Although the facts of the incident remained in dispute for years afterwards, it played a role in worsening ethnic tensions between Kosovo's Serb and Albanian populations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Đorđe Martinović incident is the 5,580th most popular politician (up from 12,878th in 2019). (up from 3,316th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Đorđe Martinović incident ranks 5,580 out of 19,576. Before him are Hara Takashi, John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, Paolo Boi, Yaqub Beg, Bamir Topi, and Michał Kleofas Ogiński. After him are Esen Taishi, Masamune, Louis II, Duke of Bourbon, Mehmed I Giray, Kim Il, and Al-Mustadi.

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Among people born in 1928, Đorđe Martinović incident ranks 104. Before him are Hans Blix, Arman, Roddy McDowall, Christa Ludwig, Ernest Simoni, and Paulo Mendes da Rocha. After him are Michel Serrault, Fats Domino, Bernard Buffet, Ida Haendel, Seymour Papert, and Vyacheslav Tikhonov. Among people deceased in 2000, Đorđe Martinović incident ranks 53. Before him are Merton Miller, Richard Farnsworth, Leonid Rogozov, Barbara Cartland, Lolo Ferrari, and Saburō Sakai. After him are Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carlo M. Cipolla, Friedrich Gulda, A. E. van Vogt, Frederick Herzberg, and Herta Bothe.

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