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Observances: September 25

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Bulgaria: - Day of the Bulgarian Armed Forces signals and information support troops. - Day of Dobrich (Northeastern Bulgaria). On this date in Bulgarian history: 1396: At Nikopol, Sultan Bayazid defeats West European crusaders led by Hungarian King Sigismund and leads Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Stratsimir into captivity. Bulgaria falls under Ottoman rule. 1937: Chamber of Engineers and Architects (now Chamber of Architects in Bulgaria) is established. 1940: Romanian occupation of City of Dobrich ends under Treaty of Craiova. 1944: Bulgaria severs its diplomatic relations with Hungary (established on August 9, 1920 at legation level, restored on June 18, 1947, promoted to embassy level on February 13, 1954). 1951: Bulgarian News Agency (BTA) becomes autonomous national news organization. 1983: 2,000-seat building of the Sofia State Circus next to Vuzrazhdane Square, built in 1962, burns down in a fire. It is never restored. 1990: Bulgaria joins World Bank and International Monetary Fund. 2008

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