site.btaToday's Observances: September 27

The world:

- World Tourism Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1902: Church of the Nativity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ is unveiled in Shipka, built in honour of those fallen in the Russo-Turkish War of Liberation (1877-1878).

1918: Soldiers' Uprising. Raiko Daskalov announces monarch's ouster and declares republic. Alexander Stamboliiski is declared head of interim government.

1920: Diplomatic relations are established with Czechoslovakia.

1947: Cabinet decrees establishment of state-run farms.

1975: Kozloduy N-plant's 440-MW Unit Two is commissioned (to be shut down on December 31, 2002, in keeping with Bulgaria's commitments ahead of EU accession).

1991: First Supreme Judicial Council is constituted.

2007: Diplomatic relations established with the Bahamas.

2007: Bulgaria signs the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.