site.btaToday's Observances: April 25

The world:

- World Malaria Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1878: Prince Alexander Dondukov-Korsakov, the Russian Emperor's commissioner in Bulgaria, approves Provisional Rules for the Bulgarian Land Troops. The act marks the establishment of the Bulgarian Armed Forces.

1928: A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hits the Stara Zagora and Plovdiv regions in Southern Bulgaria.

1980: The Industrial Economic Association is set up. Transformed into today's Bulgarian Industrial Association on July 12, 1990.

1995: The Centre for Independent Living is set up as a non-governmental, non-profit organization for people with disabilities.

2005: Bulgaria's EU Accession Treaty is signed in Luxembourg.