Veljko Kadijević

Veljko Kadijević was a Serbian general of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). He was the Minister of Defence in the Yugoslav government from 1988 until his resignation in 1992, which made him de facto commander-in-chief of the JNA during the Ten-Day War in Slovenia and the initial stages of the Croatian War of Independence. ^{Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (d. 2014)}

21 November 1925

Born on the same birth day (21 November): Coleman Hawkins • Friedrich Wilhelm Marpurg • Harold Nicolson • Isaac Bashevis Singer • John Lucas III • Ken Block • Konishiki Yasokichi I • Livingston Taylor • Ludwik Gorzkowski • Marilyn French • Mark Bailey (rugby union) • Milka Planinc • Mollie Steimer • Sid Luckman

Born in the same month (November 1925): Alistair Horne • Bill Gates Sr. • Charles Mackerras • Ernie Wise • Gene Mauch • Gregorio Conrado Álvarez • Gunther Schuller • James Mellaart • John Maddox • Johnny Mandel • José Napoleón Duarte • June Christy • June Whitfield • Maryon Pittman Allen • Maya Plisetskaya • Minnie Miñoso • Richard Burton • Robert F. Kennedy • Rock Hudson