site.btaObservances: September 27-28

September 27

The world:

World Tourism Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1898: A 15 km railway line between Gebedzhe (today's Beloslav) and Devnya is unveiled.

1902: The Church of the Nativity of Christ is unveiled in Shipka, built in honour of those who fell in the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation (1877-1878).

1918: The Soldiers' Uprising. Raiko Daskalov announces the monarch's ouster and declares Bulgaria a republic. Alexander Stamboliiski is declared head of an interim government.

1920: Diplomatic relations are established with Czechoslovakia.

1947: The Council of Ministers decrees the establishment of state-run farms.

1962: The St Cyril and St Methodius University is established in Veliko Turnovo.

1975: The Kozloduy N-plant's 440-MW Unit Two is commissioned (to be shut down on December 31, 2002, in keeping with Bulgaria's commitments ahead of EU accession).

1991: The first Supreme Judicial Council is constituted.

2007: Diplomatic relations are established with the Bahamas.

2007: Bulgaria signs the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

September 28:

The world:

World Rabies Day;

International Right to Know Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1960: Diplomatic relations established with Somalia.

1962: Diplomatic relations established with Sierra Leone.

1987: More than 300 people stage a rally in Ruse, unprecedented in the communist era. They protest against the authorities' indifference to the chlorine pollution of the city's air by the chemical works in Giurgiu, Romania.

1990: Sofia Airport joins the International Civil Airports Association.

1992: Bulgaria signs the 1990 Council of Europe Convention on Laundering, Search, Seizure and Confiscation of the Proceeds from Crime.

2012: Bulgaria establishes diplomatic relations with South Sudan.