site.btaObservances: May 23

Bulgaria:

Day of National Intelligence Service

The world:

International Day to End Obstetric Fistula

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1879: Bulgarian National Bank is formally inaugurated in Sofia

1880: Parliament passes first Act on Administrative Division of the Territory of the Principality of Bulgaria

2002: Pope John Paul II starts four-day official visit and apostolic journey in Bulgaria. This is the first visit by a head of the Roman Catholic Church to this country.