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Observances: August 8-9
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AUGUST 8 The world: ASEAN Day (anniversary of signing in 1967 of Bangkok Declaration, founding document of Association of Southeast Asian Nations. International Cat Day. On this date in Bulgarian history: 1909: Workers at Safety Matches Factory in Kostenets (Southwestern Bulgaria) go on 133-day strike, demanding higher wages, medical insurance and 8-hour working day. 1953: First Bulgarian steel is produced at Lenin Steel Mill in Pernik (Southwestern Bulgaria) at Lenin Steel Mill (present-day Stomana Steel S.A. 1988: Bulgaria establishes diplomatic relations with European Community. AUGUST 9 The world: Nagasaki Day: Anniversary of the atomic bombing (1945); International Day of the World's Indigenous People (marked since 1995); National Day of Singapore. Day of the Republic (1965). On this date in Bulgarian history: 1886: Prince Alexander I of Battenberg is deposed in a coup staged by Russophile officers. The monarch is reinstated on August 17 after a successful counter-coup but is forc
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