site.btaToday's Observances: June 9

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1910: Tobacco workers in Varna (on Black Sea) go on strike.

1911: 5th Grand National Assembly is convened.

1923: Military coup d'etat staged under General Ivan Vulkov's Military Union brings down Government headed by Agrarian Party leader Alexander Stamboliiski.

1948: Bulgaria joins World Health Organization.

1980: Diplomatic relations established with Grenada.