site.btaToday's Observances: July 4
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The world:
- US Independence Day (1776).
On this date in Bulgarian history:
1892: Bulgaria's first hydroelectric power plant, Boyana, goes under construction.
1913: Vassil Radoslavov forms Liberal Party government (in office until December 20, 1913).
1964: First International Ballet Competition in Varna (on the Black Sea) opens.
1971: Metropolitan Maxim of Lovech is elected Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia (until his death on November 6, 2012).
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