2012 Event In Bulgaria, remains believed to be John the Baptist, are scientifically dated to be from the first century AD 2011 Event In the Volga River near Bolgar, Russia, cruise ship Bulgaria sinks; 110 people drown and 80 are rescued alive 2007 Event Bulgaria joins the European Union 1996 Death Stanko Todorov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1971 - 1981, dies 1996 Death Andrey Lukanov, Prime Minister of Bulgaria 1990, assassinated at 58 1994 Event Socialist Party (ex-communist) wins Bulgaria parliamentary election 1994 Death Elias Canetti, Bulgaria/British author (Nobel 1981), dies at 89 1994 Event Sweden shuts out Bulgaria 4-0, to finish 3rd in the World Cup 1993 Death Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79 1992 Event Bulgaria recognizes Macedonia 1988 Event Bulgaria stops jamming Radio Free Europe after more than 3 decades 1988 Event Yordanka Donkova of Bulgaria sets 100m hurdle woman's record (12.21) 1984 Event Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashs at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die 1978 Birthday Krassmira Todorava, Miss Bulgaria Universe 1997 1975 Birthday Magdalena Maleeva, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, tennis star, 1995 Chicago Moscow 1972 Birthday Elena Wagner, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis star, 1996 ITF/Redbridge-GBR 1971 Event Bulgaria adopts it's constitution 1969 Birthday Katerina Maleeva, Bulgaria, tennis player, U.S. Open Junior 1984 1967 Birthday Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere, Sofia Bulgaria, tennis player, 1984 U.S. Mix 1967 Birthday Naim Suleymanoglu, born in Ptichar, Bulgaria, Turkish weight lifter, Gold Medals 1988, 1992, 1996 Olympics 1965 Birthday Stefka Kostadinova, Bulgaria high jumper, world record 1987 1964 Event Greece and Bulgaria close boundaries 1962 Event Todor Zjivkov becomes premier of Bulgaria 1961 Birthday Mintcho Pachov, Bulgaria, 67.5kg weightlifer 1980 Olympics bronze 1961 Birthday Yordanka Donkova, Bulgaria, 100 m hurdler, world record 1961 Birthday Krasimir Mikhailov Stoyanov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut 1959 Birthday Stoyan Deltchev, born in Bulgaria, horizontal bar gymnast, 1980 Olympics gold 1956 Birthday Blagoi Blagoyev, Bulgaria, 82.5 kg weightlifer, Olympics-silver-1976 1956 Event Bulgaria premier Tchervenkov resigns 1955 Event Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) 1955 Event Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 Event Warsaw Pact is signed by the Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland and Romania 1953 Death Dimitur Poljanov, Popov, Bulgaria poet (Iron Verses), dies 1951 Birthday Alexander Panayotov Aleksandrov, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz TM-5 1949 Birthday Bertalan Farkas, Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 36/35 1949 Event Vasil Kolarov elected premier of Bulgaria 1949 Death Georgi Dimitrov, Bulgaria premier (1946-49), dies at 67 1948 Death Ferdinand I MKLM, prince of Saxony-Coburg/tsar of Bulgaria, dies 1947 Death Nikola Petkov, leader of Bulgaria Boer party, hanged 1946 Event Georgi Dimitrov elected premier of Bulgaria 1946 Event Georgi Domitrovs National Front wins Bulgaria elections (78%) 1946 Event Bulgaria ends monarchy 1945 Birthday Dimitar Penev, born in Bulgaria, soccer player/union coach, Lokomotiv/CSKA 1944 Event Russia and Bulgaria sign weapon pact 1944 Event Russian troops free Sofia Bulgaria 1944 Event Bulgaria liberated from Nazi control (National Day) 1944 Event Russians march into Bulgaria; Bulgaria declares war on Germany 1944 Event Bulgaria government of Bagrjanow, resigns 1944 Event Bulgaria announces withdrawal and German troops are to be disarmed 1943 Death Boris III, of Saksen-Coburg, King of Bulgaria (1918-43), dies 1942 Death Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet/communist, executed at 32 1942 Birthday Georgi Ivanov, born in Bulgaria, cosmonaut, Soyuz 33 1942 Event USA declares war on Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania 1941 Birthday Ivanka Khristova, Bulgaria, shot putter 1976 Olympics gold 1941 Event German troops invade Bulgaria 1941 Event 1st anti-Jewish measures in Bulgaria 1935 Birthday Christo [Javacheff], Bulgaria, artist, wrapper, Running Fence 1935 Event King Boris of Bulgaria forbids all political parties 1935 Birthday Zhelyu Zhelev, president of Bulgaria, 1990- 1934 Event Military coup by Col Damian Veltsjev in Bulgaria 1932 Birthday Henri Lazarof, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, composer, studied with Paul Ben-Haim, teacher, UCLA, known for Tableaux, written for piano and orchestra 1931 Birthday George Baker, born in Bulgaria, actor, Goodbye Mr. Chips, Curse of the Fly 1929 Birthday Alexis Weissenberg, born in Sofia, Bulgaria, pianist, Levintritt-1948 1929 Event Turkey and Bulgaria sign friendship treaty 1923 Death Alexander Stamboeliski, premier Bulgaria (1919-23), dies 1920 Event Last day of Julian civil calendar (in parts of Bulgaria) 1919 Event Peace of Neuilly-sur-Seine: Allies and Bulgaria 1919 Event Stambuliski becomes premier of Bulgaria 1918 Event Boris becomes king of Bulgaria 1918 Event Czar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria does distance of throne 1916 Event Bulgaria declares war on Romania 1916 Death Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria writer (Zmejova), dies at 36 1915 Event Russia/Italy declares war on Bulgaria 1915 Event Great Britain declares war on Bulgaria 1914 Birthday Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass, Boris Godunov 1913 Event Turkey and Bulgaria sign peace treaty in Constantinople 1913 Event 2nd Balkan War ends, Treaty of Bucharest, Bulgaria loses 1913 Event Turkish troop take Adrianopel and Erdine from Bulgaria 1913 Event Romania declares war on Bulgaria 1913 Birthday Ljuba Welitsch, born in Borisovo, Bulgaria, opera soprano, Nedda-Pagliacci 1913 Event Serbia and Greece declare war on Bulgaria 1913 Event Bulgaria captures Adrianople, ending the 1st Balkan War 1912 Event Turkey, Serbia, Montenegro, Greece and Bulgaria sign weapons pact 1912 Event Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia declares war on Turkey 1911 Birthday Todor C Zjivkov, Bulgaria partizan/premier/president 1909 Birthday Nikola J Vaptsarov, Bulgaria poet, Subrani Sutsjinenija 1909 Birthday Stojan T. Daskalov, Bulgaria, writer, A Farm 1908 Event Bulgaria declares independence from Turkey, Ferdinand I becomes Tsar 1908 Event Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey) 1907 Death Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered 1894 Birthday Boris III, czar of Bulgaria, 1918-43 1893 Death Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, king of Bulgaria (1879-86), dies at 36 1893 Birthday Elisaveta Bagrjana, Beltsheva, Bulgaria, poet 1885 Event Serbian army occupies Bulgaria 1879 Birthday Petko J Todorov, Bulgaria, writer, Fairy, Samodiva Fee 1878 Event Bulgaria liberated from Turkey (Peace of San Stefano) 1876 Birthday Dimitur Poljanov, Popov, Bulgaria, poet, Iron Poems 1874 Birthday Albert Aftalion, Bulgaria/French economist 1861 Birthday Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria, 1908-18 1857 Birthday Alexander-Jozef von Battenberg, ruler of Bulgaria, 1879-86 1850 Birthday Ivan Vazov, Bulgaria, poet and novelist /playwright, Under the Yoke 1831 Death Nikola P Neofit Rilski, Bulgaria abbot/poet, dies at 37 1393 Event Osmanen occupy Turnovo, Bulgaria 1330 Death Michael III, Tsar of Bulgaria, dies in battle 1205 Event Battle at Adrianople: Bulgaria beats Emp Boudouin of Constantinople 1014 Death Samuel, ruler of Bulgaria, dies 969 Death Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies 927 Death Symeon, czar of Bulgaria ( -927) 917 Event Battle at Anchialus: Bulgaria army counter attacks Byzantines 916 Death Kliment/Clemens van Ohrid, Bulgaria bishop of Ohrid/saint, dies
