site.btaObservances: March 3

The world:

World Wildlife Day;

Japan celebrates Hinamatsuri, also called Girls' Day;

Georgia celebrates Mothers' Day.

Bulgaria:

National Day: Liberation Day (1878).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1878: Act of the Preliminaries of Peace signed in San Stefano (village on the western outskirts of Constantinople, now Istanbul's neighbourhood of Yesilkoy) by Russian and Ottoman Empires, ending 1877-1879 Russo-Turkish War and constituting Bulgaria "an autonomous tributary Principality" after 482 years of Ottoman rule in Bulgarian lands. March 3 is designated Bulgaria's National Day in 1990.

1952: Han Asparuh Military Repair Works opens in Dobrich (Northeastern Bulgaria).