site.btaObservances: October 2

The world:

- International Day of Non-Violence;

- National Day of Guinea. Independence Day (1958).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1927: Kaval Men's Choir established in Sofia by conductor Boyan Sokolov.

1932: Weather station opens on Musala Peak (the Balkans' highest elevation, 2,925.4 m). Built in connection with International Geophysical Year on money raised from trekkers countrywide.

1967: Philip Kutev Secondary School of Music established in Kotel (Southeastern Bulgaria).

1992: Bulgarian Defence Minister Alexander Staliyski decrees establishment of 61st Mechanized Brigade based in Karlovo (Central Bulgaria) (61st Stryama Mechanized Brigade since November 19, 1998).

2000: Bulgarian National Television launches news broadcasts in Turkish.

2003: Bank Consolidation Company and Hungary's OTP Bank announce completion of DSK Bank's privatization at cost of EUR 311.1 million.