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Observances: September 16

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The world: - International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer; - International Coastal Cleanup Day; - National Day of Mexico: Declaration of Independence (from Spain, 1810); - National Day of Papua New Guinea: Independence Day (from Australia, 1975). On this date in Bulgarian history: 1872: Ecumenical Patriarchate declares Bulgarian Exarchate schismatic. 1907: St George the Victorious Chapel Mausoleum is unveiled in Pleven (North Central Bulgaria) in memory of the Russian and Romanian soldiers fallen in Siege of Pleven during Russo-Turkish War of Liberation (1877-1878). 1913: Treaty of Constantinople signed with Turkey after Bulgaria's defeat in Second Balkan War (1913). 1937: Area near Village of Vrazhdebna (northeast of city centre) chosen as construction site for Sofia Airport. 1946: Queen Mother Ioanna and her children, King Simeon II and Princess Marie-Louise, are exiled from Bulgaria after abolition of monarchy and proclamation of People's Republic. 1947: Navigation Mari

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