site.btaObservances: August 22

Bulgaria:

- Day of Dospat Municipality (marked in August since 1989);

- Day of Madan and Miner's Day (marked in August since 1953).

The world:

-  International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (marked since 2019 under a resolution of the UN General Assembly);

- World Folklore Day (marked since 2018 at UNESCO's initiative).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1969: Varna Thermoelectric Power Plant is commissioned.

2013: Fire breaks out in building of Drama Theatre in Plovdiv, South Central Bulgaria (reopened after overhaul, June 23, 2016).