site.btaToday's Observances: October 8 and 9
The national flag of Uganda. The East African country celebrates its National Day (Independence Day) on October 9 (Photo: Uganda's Foreign Ministry/Facebook)
OCTOBER 8
On this date in Bulgarian history:
927: Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos and Bulgarian Tsar Peter I conclude a peace treaty, under which the Byzantine Empire formally recognizes the Bulgarian ruler's title of tsar (equivalent to
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