site.btaToday's Observances: November 24

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1879: Prince Alexander I decrees dissolution of 1st Ordinary National Assembly after Petko Karavelov fails to form Liberal and Conservative coalition cabinet.

1943: Ten persons are killed and 19 wounded in second Allied air raid of Sofia during World War II.

1944: Statutory Ordinance on Trial of the Leaders of the Monarcho-Fascist Regime and of the Perpetrators of Crimes Committed against the Bulgarian People between January 1, 1941 and September 9, 1944 is gazetted.

1948: National Art Gallery in Sofia is established by Council of Ministers decree.

1966: TABSO flight LZ101, en route from Sofia to Berlin, crashes shortly after take-off from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 74 passengers and 8 crew on board.