site.btaObservances: October 31-November 1

October 31

The world:

- World Savings Day. 

- Halloween. Festival, very popular in the US, Britain and Ireland. Pope Boniface IV establishes anniversary dedicated to Virgin Mary and martyrs in 853;

- International Black Sea Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1915: Diplomatic relations established with Switzerland.

1930: King Boris III weds Princess Giovanna of Savoy in Eastern Orthodox ceremony at Sofia's St Alexander Nevsky Memorial Cathedral.

1964: Diplomatic relations with Norway, established in 1918, are upgraded to embassy level.

1996: In Istanbul, environment ministers of Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkiye and Ukraine sign strategic action plan for Black Sea protection. 

November 1

Bulgaria:

- National Awakeners Day, first marked in 1922;

- Day of Bulgarian Journalism. 

The world:

- National Day of Algeria. (Start of War of Independence, 1954);

- National Day of Antigua and Barbuda. Independence Day (1981);

- World Vegan Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1900: Bulgaria's first electric power station goes into operation in Pancharevo. Beginning of electrification in Bulgaria.

1944: Svetoslav Obretenov Bulgarian A Cappella Choir established as State Choir with Radio Sofia.

1957: School theatre unveiled for students of Bulgarian State Higher School of Theater (renamed Krastyo Sarafov National Academy for Theater and Film Arts on July 21, 1995).

1974: Diplomatic relations established with Liberia.

1991: American University in Bulgaria inaugurated in Blagoevgrad.

2011: Last Bulgarian submarine, "Slava", is formally decommissioned.