2007 Bulgaria and Romania join the E.U.
1996 Stanko Todorov, PM of Bulgaria (1971-81), dies
1996 Andrey Lukanov, PM of Bulgaria (1990), assassinated at 58
1994 Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election
1994 Elias Canetti, Bulgaria/British author (Nobel 1981), dies at 89
1994 Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup
1993 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79
1992 Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia
1988 Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades
1988 Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21)
1984 Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die
1978 Krassmira Todorava, Miss Bulgaria Universe 1997
1975 Magdalena Maleeva, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, tennis star, 1995 Chicago Moscow
1972 Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR
1971 Bulgaria adopts it's constitution
1969 Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player, U.S. Open Junior 1984
1967 Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player, 1984 U.S. Mix
1967 Naim Suleymanoglu, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter, Oly-gold-1988
1965 Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper, world record 1987
1964 Greece and Bulgaria close boundaries
1962 Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria
1961 Mintcho Pachov, Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifer 1980 Olympics bronze
1961 Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler, world record
1961 Krasimir Mikhailov Stoyanov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut
1959 Stoyan Deltchev, born in Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnist, 1980 Olympics gold
1956 Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer, Olympics-silver-1976
1956 Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns
1955 Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die)
1955 Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die
1955 Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania
1953 Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria poet (Iron Verses), dies
1951 Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-5
1949 Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 36/35
1949 Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria
1949 Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67
1948 Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxony-Coburg/tsar of Bulgaria, dies
1947 Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged
1946 Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria
1946 Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%)
1946 Bulgaria ends monarchy
1945 Dimitar Penev, born in Bulgaria, soccer player/union coach, Lokomotiv/CSKA
1944 Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact
1944 Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria
1944 Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day)
1944 Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany
1944 Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns
1944 Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed
1943 Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies
1942 Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32
1942 Georgi Ivanov, born in Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 33
1942 USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania
1941 Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter 1976 Olympics gold
1941 German troops invade Bulgaria
1941 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria
1935 Christo [Javacheff], Bulgaria, artist, wrapper, Running Fence
1935 King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties
1935 Zhelyu Zhelev, president of Bulgaria, 1990-
1934 Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria
1931 George Baker, born in Bulgaria, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Curse of the Fly
1929 Alexis Weissenberg, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, pianist, Levintritt-1948
1929 Turkey and Bulgaria sign friendship treaty
1923 Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies
1920 Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria)
1919 Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies and Bulgaria
1919 Stambuliski becomes premier of Bulgaria
1918 Boris becomes king of Bulgaria
1918 Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria does distance of throne
1916 Bulgaria declares war on Romania
1916 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36
1915 Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria
1915 Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria
1914 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov
1913 Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople
1913 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses
1913 Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria
1913 Romania declares war on Bulgaria
1913 Ljuba Welitsch, born in Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano, Nedda-Pagliacci
1913 Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria
1913 Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War
1912 Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact
1912 Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey
1911 Todor C Zjivkov, Bulgaria partizan/premier/president
1909 Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet, Subrani Sutsjinenija
1909 Stojan T. Daskalov, Bulgaria, writer, A Farm
1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar
1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
1907 Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered
1894 Boris III, czar of Bulgaria, 1918-43
1893 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36
1893 Elisaveta Bagrjana, [Beltsheva], Bulgaria, poet
1885 Serbian army occupies Bulgaria
1879 Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer, Fairy, Samodiva Fee
1878 Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano)
1876 Dimitur Poljanov, [Popov], Bulgaria, poet, Iron Poems
1874 Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist
1861 Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria, 1908-18
1857 Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria, 1879-86
1850 Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria, poet and novelist /playwright, Under the Yoke
1831 Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37
1393 Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria
1330 Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle
1205 Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople
1014 Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies
969 Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
927 Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927)
917 Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines
916 Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies
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