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2012 Event - In Bulgaria, remains believed to be John the Baptist, are scientifically dated to be from the first century AD

2011 Event - In the Volga River near Bolgar, Russia, cruise ship Bulgaria sinks; 110 people drown and 80 are rescued alive

2007 Event - Bulgaria joins the European Union

1996 Death - Stanko Todorov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1971 - 1981, dies

1996 Death - Andrey Lukanov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1990, assassinated at 58

1994 Event - Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election

1994 Death - Elias Canetti, Bulgaria/British author (Nobel 1981), dies at 89

1994 Event - Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup

1993 Death - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79

1992 Event - Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia

1988 Event - Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades

1988 Event - Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21)

1984 Event - Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die

1978 Birthday - Krassmira Todorava, Miss Bulgaria Universe 1997

1975 Birthday - Magdalena Maleeva, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, tennis star, 1995 Chicago Moscow

1972 Birthday - Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR

1971 Event - Bulgaria adopts it's constitution

1969 Birthday - Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player, U.S. Open Junior 1984

1967 Birthday - Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player, 1984 U.S. Mix

1967 Birthday - Naim Suleymanoglu, born in Ptichar, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter, Gold Medals 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics

1965 Birthday - Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper, world record 1987

1964 Event - Greece and Bulgaria close boundaries

1962 Event - Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria

1961 Birthday - Mintcho Pachov, Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifer 1980 Olympics bronze

1961 Birthday - Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler, world record

1961 Birthday - Krasimir Mikhailov Stoyanov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut

1959 Birthday - Stoyan Deltchev, born in Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnast, 1980 Olympics gold

1956 Birthday - Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer, Olympics-silver-1976

1956 Event - Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns

1955 Event - Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die)

1955 Event - Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die

1955 Event - Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania

1953 Death - Dimitur Poljanov, Popov, Bulgaria poet (Iron Verses), dies

1951 Birthday - Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-5

1949 Birthday - Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 36/35

1949 Event - Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria

1949 Death - Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67

1948 Death - Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxony-Coburg/tsar of Bulgaria, dies

1947 Death - Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged

1946 Event - Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria

1946 Event - Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)

1946 Event - Bulgaria ends monarchy

1945 Birthday - Dimitar Penev, born in Bulgaria, soccer player/union coach, Lokomotiv/CSKA

1944 Event - Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact

1944 Event - Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria

1944 Event - Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day)

1944 Event - Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany

1944 Event - Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns

1944 Event - Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed

1943 Death - Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies

1942 Death - Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32

1942 Birthday - Georgi Ivanov, born in Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 33

1942 Event - USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania

1941 Birthday - Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter 1976 Olympics gold

1941 Event - German troops invade Bulgaria

1941 Event - 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria

1935 Birthday - Christo [Javacheff], Bulgaria, artist, wrapper, Running Fence

1935 Event - King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties

1935 Birthday - Zhelyu Zhelev, president of Bulgaria, 1990-

1934 Event - Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria

1932 Birthday - Henri Lazarof, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, composer, studied with Paul Ben-Haim, teacher, UCLA, known for Tableaux, written for piano and orchestra

1931 Birthday - George Baker, born in Bulgaria, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Curse of the Fly

1929 Birthday - Alexis Weissenberg, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, pianist, Levintritt-1948

1929 Event - Turkey and Bulgaria sign friendship treaty

1923 Death - Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies

1920 Event - Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)

1919 Event - Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies and Bulgaria

1919 Event - Stambuliski becomes premier of Bulgaria

1918 Event - Boris becomes king of Bulgaria

1918 Event - Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria does distance of throne

1916 Event - Bulgaria declares war on Romania

1916 Death - Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36

1915 Event - Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria

1915 Event - Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria

1914 Birthday - Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov

1913 Event - Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople

1913 Event - 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses

1913 Event - Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria

1913 Event - Romania declares war on Bulgaria

1913 Birthday - Ljuba Welitsch, born in Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano, Nedda-Pagliacci

1913 Event - Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria

1913 Event - Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War

1912 Event - Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact

1912 Event - Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey

1911 Birthday - Todor C Zjivkov, Bulgaria partizan/premier/president

1909 Birthday - Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet, Subrani Sutsjinenija

1909 Birthday - Stojan T. Daskalov, Bulgaria, writer, A Farm

1908 Event - Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar

1908 Event - Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

1907 Death - Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered

1894 Birthday - Boris III, czar of Bulgaria, 1918-43

1893 Death - Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36

1893 Birthday - Elisaveta Bagrjana, Beltsheva, Bulgaria, poet

1885 Event - Serbian army occupies Bulgaria

1879 Birthday - Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer, Fairy, Samodiva Fee

1878 Event - Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)

1876 Birthday - Dimitur Poljanov, Popov, Bulgaria, poet, Iron Poems

1874 Birthday - Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist

1861 Birthday - Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria, 1908-18

1857 Birthday - Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria, 1879-86

1850 Birthday - Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria, poet and novelist /playwright, Under the Yoke

1831 Death - Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37

1393 Event - Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria

1330 Death - Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle

1205 Event - Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople

1014 Death - Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies

969 Death - Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies

927 Death - Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)

917 Event - Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines

916 Death - Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies

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