site.btaObservances: August 20
23.5-carat gold, 672 g life-size mask of Thracian King Teres I, d. 445 BC (BTA Archive Photo)
The world:
- National Day of Hungary (Feast Day of King St Stephen I).
On this date in Bulgarian history:
917: Bulgarian Tsar Simeon I defeats Byzantine army at mouth of River Achelous in huge battle involving more than 120,000 soldiers. In
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