site.btaObservances: August 5

The world:

Victory Day in Croatia.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

• 1918: Diplomatic relations established with Finland at legation level. Upgraded to embassy level on February 1, 1963.
• 1920: Compulsory labour service is introduced by Alexander Stamboliyski Government.
• 1946: Youth Brigade movement begins with 2,000 youths starting road construction in Hainboaz Pass (Balkan Range).
• 1947: Bulgarian Agrarian National Union activist Nikola Petkov goes on trial on charges of plotting coup. Executed on September 23, 1947. Rehabilitated on January 16, 1990.
• 1958: Ancient ruins near Pliska, Madara and Preslav are designated archaeological reserves.
• 1998: Emil Kostadinov and Ignat Nikolov become first Bulgarian mountaineers to climb Mt Eiger in Swiss Alps (3,970 m) along Northern Face, aka "Murder Wall."
• 2021: In Tokyo, karateka Ivet Goranova wins Olympic gold in the women's kumite under-55 kg event, becoming Bulgaria's first Olympic karate champion and the world's first Olympic champion in the category.