site.btaObservances: September 3
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The world:
- National Day of San Marino: Founding of the Republic (AD 301).
On this date in Bulgarian history:
1877: Lovech is liberated from Ottoman rule by Russian troops led by Major General Alexander Imeretinsky during Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878).
1968: Il-18 performing charter flight from Dresden to Burgas crashes at Karnobat, killing 45 people.
2007: Katarzyna Estate winery, owned by Belvedere Bulgaria Ltd., is opened in the village of Mezek, South Central Bulgaria, by President Georgi Parvanov.
2008: Construction of Belene nuclear power plant is officially restarted by Prime Minister Sergei Stanishev, to be abandoned again in March 2012.
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