site.btaObservances: August 19

The world:

- World Humanitarian Day.

- World Photography Day.

- National Day of Afghanistan: Independence Day (from UK control over Afghan foreign affairs in 1919).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1892: Second Lieutenant Vassil Zlatarov ascends in Eugene Godard's hot-air balloon La France above First Universal Agricultural and Industrial Exposition in Plovdiv, pioneering Bulgarian aviation.

1899: Bulgarian Apiarists' Union is established.

1963: Radio Deutsche Welle begins Bulgarian-language broadcasts (discontinued July 1, 2011).