site.btaObservances: January 7

The Orthodox Church celebrates the Day of St John the Baptist (Ivanovden).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1878: First Boys' High School opens in Sofia.

1918: Grand Symbol Lodge of masons in Bulgaria is established.

1932: Bulgarian-Albanian protocol on recognition of minorities is signed in Sofia.

1945: In the Socialist Republic of Macedonia (part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia), 1,260 Bulgarians are killed on account of their self-identification (Bloody Christmas). Another 23,000 are killed over the following days.

1992: The Hristo Botev Bulgarian Library opens in Chisinau, Moldova.