site.btaObservances: August 26
On this date in Bulgarian history:
1886: Prince Alexander I of Battenberg abdicates Bulgarian throne.
1934: Unveiling of monument on Mt Shipka commemorating Battle of Shipka during Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878).
1947: Sixth Grand National Assembly outlaws Nikola Petkov Bulgarian Agrarian National Union.
1990: Former Communist Party headquarters in Sofia are set on fire.
1991: Bulgaria recognizes independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
2005: National Assembly elects 18 MPs as observers at European Parliament.
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