site.btaToday's Observances: February 6

The world:

- National Day of New Zealand (signing New Zealand's founding document, Treaty of Waitangi, in 1840);

- Saami National Day (holding of first Sami congress in Trondheim, Norway, in 1917).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1896: Prince Ferdinand I issues decree endorsing State Drawing School Establishment Act.

1954: Bulgarian Ministry of Culture established. 

2002: Parliament authorizes the contribution of Bulgarian troops to the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.

2003: The Council of Ministers approves the first Bulgarian report on the protection of minorities.