site.btaObservances: June 21-22

June 21

The world:

- Make Music Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1990: Working People's Party, established April 25, 1990, is renamed Bulgarian Communist Party.

1999: Bulgaria accepts NATO's proposal to sign agreement allowing transit to Allied forces and equipment for Operation Joint Guardian in Kosovo.

2000: Bulgaria's Parliament ratifies ILO Convention C182 concerning the Prohibition and Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour.

June 22

The world:

Day of Remembrance and Mourning in Russia (marks day in 1941 when Hitler invaded Soviet Union during World War II).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

813: In Battle of Versinikia (near present-day Malamirovo Village, Yambol Region, Southeastern Bulgaria), Bulgarian army led by Khan Kroum defeats Byzantine forces of Emperor Michael I Rangabe.

1906: Bulgaria's first mineworkers trade union founded in Pernik.

1999: US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright pays working visit to Bulgaria.

2000: Access to Public Information Act passed.

2005: First deceased-donor liver transplantation carried out at Alexandrovska Hospital in Sofia.

2007: First Bulgarian contingent leaves for Afghanistan to guard inner perimeter of Kandahar Airport as part of International Security Assistance Force.