site.btaObservances: November 26

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1878: Military School (Bulgaria's first) opens in Sofia.

1913: Seat of Bulgarian Exarchate is moved from Constantinople to Sofia.

1940: Bulgarian Communist Party begins Sobolev Campaign, aimed at concluding a friendship and mutual assistance pact between Bulgaria and USSR during World War II. Bulgaria declines Soviet proposal on November 28, 1940.

1956: Bulgaria's first colour feature film, Item One, premieres.

1990: Podkrepa Confederation of Labour calls nationwide general strike demanding resignation of Prime Minister Andrei Loukanov.

2003: Central Commission for the Navigation of the Rhine unanimously grants Bulgaria observer status.