site.btaToday's Observances: April 29
Bulgaria's first electrified railway ring, a 633 km long route running from Sofia via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Dubovo, Karlovo to Sofia, went into operation on April 29, 1980. In photo: Communist leader Todor Zhivkov (front centre) during the opening ceremony in the northern city of Pleven/BTA Archive Photo
The world:
-- International Dance Day.-- Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
On this day in Bulgarian history:
1877: A Bulgarian volunteer unit, formed at the end of 1876 as an auxiliary to the Russian Army, is transformed
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