site.btaObservances: October 17

The world:

- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty (designated by resolution of UN General Assembly on December 22, 1992).

On this date in Bulgarian history:

1915: In Battle of Krivolak Village, Macedonia, Bulgarian 7th Army stops offensive of French 122nd Division during WW I (1914-1918).

1949: Diplomatic relations established with German Democratic Republic (East Germany) at legation level.

1971: Bulgarian Society of Mathematics and Physicists' Society are set up.

1994: Caretaker cabinet headed by Reneta Indjova is appointed (in office until January 25, 1995).