site.btaObservances: February 24

Observances: February 24
Observances: February 24
Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) building in Sofia (Artwork by Dessi Toncheva)

The world:

- National Day of Estonia. Independence Day (1918, from Russian and German Empires).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1942: Soviet Shch-213 submarine sinks Bulgarian ship Struma near Bosphorus with 778 Jews and 13 Bulgarian crew members on board.

1949: Grand National Assembly adopts Religious Denominations Act.

1984: Diplomatic relations established with Cameroon.

1992: Mt Rila National Park is designated.

2013: Metropolitan Neophyte of Rousse is elected Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia.

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