site.btaObservances: February 11

The world:

- World Day of the Sick. Observed by Catholics since 1993. Instituted by Pope John Paul II.

- National Day of Iran: Islamic Revolution Day (1979).

- European 112 Day. Officially established by EU in 2009 to celebrate European emergency number. 

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1856: First Bulgarian chitalishte (reading-room community centre) is established in Svishtov (Northwestern Bulgaria).

1971: Bulgaria signs Treaty on the Prohibition of the Emplacement of Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction on the Sea-Bed and the Ocean Floor and in the Subsoil Thereof (in effect for Bulgaria May 18, 1972).

1997: Parliamentary parties sign three instruments proclaiming national consensus on anti-crisis moves. Bulgaria begins to recover from financial and economic collapse.

1999: National Assembly ratifies Memorandum of Understanding between Bulgarian Government and European Commission establishing National Fund (signed December 7, 1998, effective February 26, 1999).