Today is Unification Day, a public holiday in Bulgaria. This holiday commemorates the unification of Eastern Rumelia and the Principality of Bulgaria on this day in 1885. Bulgaria became part of the Ottoman Empire in 1396. In April 1876, there was a series of uprisings against Ottoman rule in Bulgaria which led to war and Bulgarian independence in March 1878. But a part of Bulgaria was held back in Ottoman control. The Bulgarian Secret Central Revolutionary Committee was formed in February 1885, which organised events and revolts in towns in Eastern Rumelia, designed to assist in the unification process. On September 6th 1885, Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia declared their unification in the city of Plovdiv.
I wanna be in the movies!
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Today is the birthday, in 1961, of Pal Waaktaar, guitarist for A-Ha. They were the first Norwegian group to have number one hits in the US and UK. I had forgotten this great song until I found it this morning.
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