It was only on 13 December 1989 that the governing League of Communists of Croatia agreed to legalize opposition political parties and hold free elections in the spring of 1990.

On 23 January 1990 at its 14th Congress the Communist League of Yugoslavia voted to remove its monopoly on political power, but the same day effectively ceased to exist as a national party when the League of Communists of Slovenia walked out after Serbia's Slobodan Milošević blocked all their reformist proposals – the League of Communists of Croatia walked out soon after.

After 1944 Communists were a factor to consider for a few decades, and the Finnish People's Democratic League, formed by Communists and others to the left of Social Democrats, even was the largest party after 1958 elections.

Support for Communists decreased sharply in the early 1980s, while later on the same decade environmentalists formed the Green League, which is now a medium-sized party.

Filipović was the League of Communists of Yugoslavia | communist candidate for the mayor of Belgrade.

The largest resistance group, the National Liberation Front ( EAM ), was controlled by the Communists, as was ( Elas ) led by Aris Velouchiotis and a civil war soon broke out between it and non-Communist groups such as the National Republican Greek League ( EDES ) in those areas liberated from the Germans.

He was General Secretary ( later Chairman of the Presidium ) of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia ( 1939 – 80 ), and went on to lead the World War II Yugoslav guerrilla movement, the Partisans ( 1941 – 45 ).

* League of Communists of Yugoslavia

This resulted in a surge of Slovene and Croat nationalism in response and the collapse of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia in 1990, the victory of nationalists in multiparty elections in most of Yugoslavia's constituent republics, and eventually civil war between the various nationalities beginning in 1991.

** The League of Communists of Yugoslavia votes to give up its monopoly on power.

* January 17 – In Yugoslavia, Milovan Djilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties.

Without pointing fingers at the Soviet Union, Mao criticized their ideological ally, the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, while the Soviets returned the favour by proxy via criticizing the Party of Labour of Albania, a Chinese ally.

A single-party state was soon established in Yugoslavia by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.

Serbia became a constituent republic within the SFRY known as the Socialist Republic of Serbia and had a republic-branch of the federal communist party, the League of Communists of Serbia.

** ( League of Communists of Yugoslavia ) 1945-1990

U Nu as leader of the Socialists took charge of the Anti-Fascist People's Freedom League ( AFPFL ) formed by the Communists, Socialists and the BNA in 1945 now that Aung San was dead and the Communists expelled from the AFPFL.

The ideological change that CPN made from official communism to ' reformism ' led to a split in the CPN ; and the subsequent founding of the League of Communists in the Netherlands in 1982.

In November 1921, the League decided that the frontiers of Albania should be the same as they had been in 1913, with three minor changes that favoured Yugoslavia.

In redrawing the map of Europe, Yugoslavia was created as an intentional coalition state among competing, and often mutually hostile, southern Slavic peoples, and the League of Nations ' mandates were often drawn, not to unify ethnic groups, but to divide them.

The author describes the history of German settlements in Central and Eastern Europe since the 12th century, the impact of the Treaties of Versailles and St. Germain on German minorities left in Poland and Czechoslovakia, the failure of the League of Nations system of minority protection, the outbreak of World War II and crimes committed by the Nazis, followed by the fate of the refugees from the former Eastern parts of Germany ( Silesia, East Prussia, Pomerania, East Brandenburg ), as well as the fate of German minorities in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union.

After the war, Josip Broz Tito became the first president of the new — socialist — Yugoslavia which he ruled through the League of Communists of Yugoslavia.

On 23 Jan 1990 at its 14th Congress the Communist League of Yugoslavia voted to remove its monopoly on political power, but the same day effectively ceased to exist as a national party when the League of Communists of Slovenia walked out after Slobodan Milošević blocked all their reformist proposals.

In the former Yugoslavia, the successor political parties to the League of Communists in Serbia and Montenegro, the Socialist Party of Serbia and the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro have advocated progression towards a free-market economy but also advocated state economic planning of elements of the economy, maintaining social welfare and have advocated significant state influence in the media.

The League believes that the Fourth International became centrist in 1951 when it adopted the position that the Stalinist parties in Eastern European countries like Yugoslavia could be reformed back to a healthy state and that the Stalinists were roughly ' blunt instruments ' for carrying out the proletarian revolution.

The city states of this region later formed a confederation known as the Achaean League which was influential during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC.

This was after a great deal of lobbying by the Maricopa County Sports Authority, a local group formed to preserve Cactus League spring training in Arizona and eventually secure a Major League franchise for the state.

Abergavenny is the home of Abergavenny Thursdays F. C., which was formed in 1927, and is currently a member of the Gwent County League Division 3.

The club's current position comes within 15 years of their being one of the top sides in Welsh football, winning the old format Welsh Football League in 1991 and 1992, but being relegated in 1993 after just one season in the newly formed League of Wales.

In 1968, Major League Baseball formed a Special Baseball Records Committee to resolve this ( and other ) issues.

William Hulbert's National League, which was formed after the National Association proved ineffective, put its emphasis on " clubs " rather than " players ".

When a new Cincinnati club was formed as a charter member of the National League in 1876, the " Red Stockings " nickname was commonly reserved for them once again, and the Boston team was referred to as the " Red Caps ".

In 1912, these countries formed the Balkan League.

Cheddar Lawn Tennis Club, was formed in 1924, and play in the North Somerset League and also has social tennis and coaching.

After the 1900 season, the American Base-Ball League formed as a rival professional league, and incidentally the club's old White Stockings nickname would be adopted by a new American League neighbor to the south.

Cy Young's career is seen as a bridge from baseball's earliest days to its modern era ; he pitched against stars such as Cap Anson, already an established player when the National League was first formed in 1876, as well as against Eddie Collins, who played until 1930.

A national Sunday League was formed in 1969.

The merchants in the nearby townships of Castellina, Gaiole and Radda formed the Lega del Chianti ( League of Chianti ) to produce and promote the local wine.

One new club formed and joined the International League in 1889, and promptly won the league championship.

* 1508 – The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.

In March 1684 Leopold I formed the Holy League with Poland and Venice to counter the Ottoman threat.

At the end of the 1896 season Essendon along with seven other clubs formed the Victorian Football League.

All major Awami League leaders including elected leaders of National Assembly and Provincial Assembly fled to neighboring India and an exile government was formed headed by Mujibur Rahman.

* 1920 – The Negro National League is formed.

The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League, which was originally founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.