site.btaObservances: May 6

MAY 6

The Orthodox Church marks the Feast Day of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious (St George's Day). 

Bulgaria:

- Day of Valour and the Armed Forces (public holiday).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1651: The first printed book in Modern Bulgarian, "Abagar" by Filip Stanislavov, is published in Rome.

2004: The Criminal Court in Benghazi, Libya sentences five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death on charges of intentionally infecting over 400 Libyan children with AIDS. The initial arrest of the Bulgarian medics in Libya comes in 1999. In 2007, they are transferred to their home country through the assistance of Western nations, and are effectively released.