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April 12

The world: 

- International Day of Aviation and Cosmonautics;

- International Day for Street Children.

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1911: Union of People's Community Centres is established.

1932: 23rd National Assembly adopts Protection of Farmers Act.

1979: First Bulgarian cosmonaut, Georgi Ivanov, lands with Soyuz-33 spacecraft.

1992: Union of Bulgarian Foundations is set up.

April 13

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1945 - The communist government decrees the establishment of farmer cooperatives, the TKZSs.

1993 - A Thracian tomb, known as the Ostrousha Tomb, is discovered near Kazanluk, Central Bulgaria. It is dated to the 
4th-3rd century BC.

2005 - The European Parliament approves the EU Accession Treaty with Bulgaria.

2005 - The 39th National Assembly elects Ginyo Ganev MP to the post of national ombudsman. This is Bulgaria's first supreme 
public defender.