Background
Jovan Mikić was born on May 13, 1914 in Opovo (today in Serbia), Banat.
Jovan Mikić was born on May 13, 1914 in Opovo (today in Serbia), Banat.
After World War I he moved with his family to Subotica. There he finished Gymnasium (school) and college. He studied at the Subotica Law School with a strong influence from Mija Mirković.
In 1939 he was admitted as an assistant in market economy school.
He then applied for the docent position, but was interrupted by World World War World War II Mikić spoke several languages from childhood, wrote Poetry, and was an above-average athlete. From 1932 till 1939 he was Yugoslavia"s best pentathlete, decathlete, long jumper, discus thrower and javelin thrower.
He died on October 11, 1944. Jovan Mikić was an anti-fascist and one of the commandants of partisan resistance movement in Hungarian-occupied region of Bačka.
He was shot in October 10, 1944, by one Hungarian soldier at Subotica train station.