site.btaToday's Observances: March 8

The world: 

- International Women's Day.

On this date in Bulgarian history: 

1864: First issue of the "Budoushtnost" newspaper under the editorship of revolutionary and writer Georgi S. Rakovski comes out in Bucharest. The last issue comes out on May 17, 1864. 

1988: A public committee for protecting the environment of the Danubian city of Rousse is set up in Sofia. This green organization was a notable example of open opposition against the communist government eighteen months before the democratic changes of November 10, 1989.

1993: An Association Agreement is signed with the EU.

2001: Four units of Bulgarian-made equipment are flown on the Discovery Space Shuttle to the International Space Station, then under construction.