site.btaObservances: June 26

The world:

    International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking;

    International Day in Support of Victims of Torture;

    National Day of Madagascar: Independence Day (1960).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1879: Newly elected Bulgarian Prince Alexander I is sworn in before First Grand National Assembly in Tarnovo.

1962: Hieromonk Paissii of Hilandar is canonized by Bulgarian Patriarch Kiril on occasion of 200th anniversary of his Slav-Bulgarian History.

1974: Diplomatic relations with Portugal (established 1925, severed September 15, 1945) are restored and upgraded to embassy level.

1987: UN International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, ratified on October 9, 1986, enters into force for Bulgaria.

1991: Diplomatic relations established with El Salvador.

1992: First Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, ratified on December 10, 1991, enters into force for Bulgaria.