2014 Event Bulgarian sumo wrestler Kotooshu announces his retirement today; he won the Emperor's Cup in 2008 and achieved the second-highest rank of ozeki during his career 1998 Death Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Politician 1994 Event Bulgarian government of Berov falls 1994 Death Henri Calef, Bulgarian/French director (Jericho), dies 1989 Event Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov, resigns 1989 Event 100s of Bulgarian demonstrate in Sofia for democratic rights 1984 Event Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die 1979 Event Soyuz 33 launched with a Russian and a Bulgarian 1971 Event Bulgarian constitution goes into effect 1957 Birthday Georgi Purvanov, Bulgarian Statesman 1956 Event Bulgarian vice premier Traitsjo Kostov rehabilitated 1956 Death T Kostov, Bulgarian vice-premier, executed 1949 Death Traitsjo Kostov, Bulgarian communist vice-premier, executed 1943 Event Bulgarian czar Boris III visits Adolf Hitler 1943 Event Operation-Weiss: Assault of German, Italian, Bulgarian and Croatian 1941 Event Bulgarian troops invade Macedonia 1935 Birthday Christo, Bulgarian Artist 1933 Event Bulgarian communists Dimitrov, Popov and Vassili arrested in Berlin 1930 Death Jules Pascin, Julius Pincas, Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist, dies 1923 Event Bulgarian premier Stamboeliski and King Boris III overthrown 1920 Event Bulgarian and allied Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine goes into effect 1916 Event Bulgarian offensive in Macedonia 1915 Event Bulgarian anti Serbian offensive begins 1912 Event Bulgarian troops in Constantinople blockade drinking water 1911 Birthday Todor Zhivkov, Bulgarian Politician 1905 Birthday Elias Canetti, Bulgarian/British novelist, Life-Terms, Nobel 1981 1897 Death Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer (To Chicago and Back), dies at 34 1888 Birthday Ljudmil Stojanow, Bulgarian poet, Metsh i Slowo, Cholera 1885 Birthday Jules Pascin, Julius Pincas, Bulgarian/US painter/cartoonist 1876 Death Khristo Botev, Bulgarian poet, dies 1863 Birthday Aleko Konstantinov, Bulgarian writer, To Chicago and Back 1848 Birthday Khristo Botev, hero of Bulgarian revolt against Turkey, poet 1014 Event Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies 811 Event Battle at Pliska: Bulgarian under monarch Krum beat Byzantine
