site.btaToday's Observances: November 10
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The world:
- World Youth Day;
- World Science Day for Peace and Development.
On this date in Bulgarian history:
1444: Crusaders led by Wladislaw III Jagiello, King of Poland and Hungary, and military commander John Hunyadi are defeated by Sultan Murad II's army at Battle of Varna.
1917: Faculty of Medicine at St Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia is established.
1947: Bulgaria's National Operetta Theatre stages first performance.
1989: Todor Zhivkov is dismissed as Secretary General of Central Committee of Bulgarian Communist Party. Bulgaria embarks on transition to democracy after 45-year-long totalitarian regime.
1996: Bulgarian-German Forum established in Bonn, Germany.
1999: Bulgarian Euro-Left is granted observer status in Socialist International.
2006: Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) receives Chernorizets Hrabur Grand Prix for 2006 for contribution to journalism.
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