site.btaObservances: May 13
A walk in the Sofia Zoo, May 4, 1958 (BTA Photo/Yordan Karamalakov)
The world:
1981: Assassination attempt on Pope John Paul II, who is shot in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City by Turkish national Ali Agca.
On this date in Bulgarian history:
1879: Postal service is established. First Bulgarian stamps, printed in
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