site.btaObservances: November 4

The World:

- World Day of Man: declared on initiative of Gorbachev Foundation, Vienna Mayor's Office and UN organizations headquartered in Vienna.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1881: First Bulgarian metal barge, Bot-1, completed in Ruse (on Danube); beginning of Bulgarian shipbuilding.

1912: Battle of Chatalja starts, one of worst during First Balkan War (1912-1913).

1912: Supreme Administrative Court established, with Filip Filchev as President.

1945: Communist leader Georgi Dimitrov returns to Bulgaria after 22 years in exile.

1999: In Strasbourg, Bulgaria signs Council of Europe Civil Law Convention on Corruption.

2007: Second round of elections for municipality, borough and mayoralty mayors, after local elections first round on October 28.