site.btaToday's Observances: January 21 and 22

January 21

Bulgaria:

- Day of Delivery Care (observed since 1951).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1880: Justice Ministry’s Statistical Division established (today's National Statistical Institute).

1945: Metropolitan Stefan of Sofia is elected Bulgarian Exarch.

1993: First broadcast of Darik Radio in Sofia.

1999: Bulgarian Medical Association is established in Plovdiv, as successor to Bulgarian Medical Association, set up in 1901.

2003: Bulgaria establishes diplomatic relations with Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor).

January 22

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1873: Death sentence of revolutionary and freedom fighter Vassil Levski (1837-1873) is confirmed by Ottoman Sultan's firman.

1905: National Assembly passes Bulgaria's first law on protection of women and children workers at industrial enterprises.

1935: Lieutenant General Pencho Zlatev forms government of pro-monarchist Military League activists and civilian experts.

1997: Peter Stoyanov and Todor Kavaldjiev are inaugurated as second President and Vice President of Bulgaria.

2001: Bulgaria's first wholly privately-owned hydropower plant goes into operation.

2002: Georgi Purvanov and Angel Marin are inaugurated as third President and Vice President of Bulgaria

2007: Georgi Purvanov and Angel Marin are inaugurated as President and Vice President of Bulgaria for second term.

2007: Meglena Kuneva is sworn in as EU Commissioner for Consumer Affairs.

2012: Rosen Plevneliev and Margarita Popova are inaugurated as fourth President and Vice President of Bulgaria.

2017: Rumen Radev and Iliana Iotova are inaugurated as fifth President and Vice President of Bulgaria.

2022: Rumen Radev and Iliana Iotova are inaugurated as President and Vice President for second term.