site.btaToday's Observances: July 4

The world:

- US Independence Day (1776).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1892: Bulgaria's first hydroelectric power plant, Boyana, goes under construction.

1913: Vassil Radoslavov forms Liberal Party government (in office until December 20, 1913).

1964: First International Ballet Competition in Varna (on the Black Sea) opens.

1971: Metropolitan Maxim of Lovech is elected Bulgarian Patriarch and Metropolitan of Sofia (until his death on November 6, 2012).