site.btaObservances: November 2-3
November 2
The world:
- International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.
On this date in Bulgarian history:
1885: Serbia, encouraged by Austria-Hungary, declares war on Bulgaria. The Serbo-Bulgarian War lasts until November 16, 1885.
1892: Sofia University's Department of Law is established.
1919: The Union of Actors, Musicians and Theatre Attendants is established (Union of Bulgarian Actors since 1965).
1967: Bulgaria's first typewriter, Maritsa, is manufactured.
1999: Small arms manufacturer ARCUS Co. of Lyaskovets (North Central Bulgaria) is certified as the first Bulgarian company whose output complies with the quality assurance system up to NATO standards.
November 3
The world:
- National Day of Dominica. Independence Day (1978);
- National Day of Micronesia. Independence Day (1986).
On this date in Bulgarian history:
1907: Labour Inspectorate instituted by law.
1970: Chemical Works open in Vidin.
1977: Magnitude-5.3 quake strikes near Velingrad.
1988: Eighty intellectuals set up Informal Club Supporting Glasnost and Perestroika in Sofia.
1989: Ecoglasnost activists stage first civic demonstration against totalitarian regime, hand petition signed by 12,000 people to Parliament against two hydropower projects.
1996: Petar Stoyanov and Todor Kavaldzhiev of United Democratic Forces are elected President and Vice President in second round of voting.
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