| Decades in Bulgaria |
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| 1950s |
The 1950s in the People's Republic of Bulgaria.
Incumbents
- General Secretary of the Bulgarian Communist Party:
- Valko Chervenkov (1949–1954)
- Todor Zhivkov (1954–1989)
- Chairman of the Presidium:
- Mincho Neychev (1947–1950)
- Georgi Damyanov (1950–1958)
- Georgi Kulishev (acting, 1958)
- Nikolay Georgiev (acting, 1958)
- Dimitar Ganev (1958–1964)
- Prime Minister of Bulgaria:
- Vasil Kolarov (1949–1950)
- Valko Chervenkov (1950–1956)
- Anton Yugov (1956–1962)
Events
1950
- October 14 – 22 – The 1950 Men's European Volleyball Championship, the second edition of the event, was hosted in Sofia.[1]
1951
- 1 April – The Plovdiv derby, a derby in Bulgarian football between Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv, had its first match.[2][3][4][5]
1952
- The Bulgarian Mint was established.[6]
- Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.
- FC Minyor Radnevo, a Bulgarian football club from the town of Radnevo, was founded.[7]
1953
- 20 December – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.[8]
- Vasil Levski National Stadium, Bulgaria's second largest stadium, was officially opened.
1954
- The Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria became its own separate institution.[9]
- FC Ravda 1954, a Bulgarian football club from the village of Ravda (near the city Nesebar), was established.[10]
1955
- July 27 – El Al Flight 402, an international passenger flight from London to Tel Aviv via Vienna and Istanbul, strayed into Bulgarian airspace and was shot down by two Bulgarian MiG-15 jet fighters. It later crashed near Petrich, killing all 7 crew and 51 passengers on board. The crash took place amid highly strained relations between the Eastern Bloc and the West and was the deadliest involving the Constellation at the time.[11][12]
- December 14 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 109 is adopted, leading to the admission of Bulgaria and other countries into the United Nations.[13]
1956
- 13 December – Uzunbodzhak (also known as Ouzounboudjak and Lopushna), a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, was established.[14]
- The Nesebar Archaeological museum was founded.[15]
- Spartak Sofia, an ice hockey team in Sofia, was founded.[16]
1957
- 22 December – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.[17]
- 7 November – The 1957 Bulgarian Cup Final (the 17th final of the Bulgarian Cup) was contested between Levski Sofia and Spartak Pleven at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Levski won the final 2–1.[18]
1958
- The First English Language School was founded in Sofia.[19]
- November 7 – The 1958 Bulgarian Cup Final (the 18th final of the Bulgarian Cup) was contested between Spartak Plovdiv and Minyor Pernik at the Vasil Levski National Stadium in Sofia. Spartak won the final 1–0.[20][21]
- June 20 – 22 – The 1958 Wrestling World Cup was held in Sofia.[22]
1959
- December 26 – The Bulgarian National Television (BNT) was founded in this year. It started broadcasting on this day.[23]
See also
References
- ↑ "Men Volleyball II European Championship 1950 Sofia (BUL) - 14-22.10 Velodrome - Winner Soviet Union". www.todor66.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Спартак взе малкото пловдивско дерби | Спорт". kanal3.bg. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Botev Plovdiv - Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30.07.2016". Ultras-Tifo. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Soccer-Crowd trouble forces Plovdiv derby to be abandoned". Reuters. 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Bulgaria Cups Overview". RSSSF. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Монетен двор" (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ ЕООД, Български футбол. "Миньор (Раднево)". bgclubs.eu (in Bulgarian). Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ "Министерство на културата на Република България". mc.government.bg. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Ravda 1954 2019/2020". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ Accident description at the Aviation Safety Network
- ↑ "Through the Curtain". Time Magazine. August 8, 1955. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007.
- ↑ "S/RES/109(1955) - E - S/RES/109(1955)". undocs.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Регистър на ЗТ и ЗЗ". pdbase.government.bg. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Museum Ancient Nessebar". www.ancient-nessebar.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Eurohockey.com - 404 error page". www.eurohockey.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
- ↑ "Тема спорт - Блаже плаща за купата с бой и година вън от футбола". www.temasport.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Начало - felsofia". www.fels-sofia.org. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Ботев взима купата, когато играе срещу отбори извън столицата". 2015-11-17. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Тема спорт - Актьори от "Любимец 13" се резилят с 0:10 в Перник". www.temasport.com. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "International Wrestling Database". www.iat.uni-leipzig.de. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
- ↑ "Bulgarian National Television". BNT News. Archived from the original on 2018-06-12. Retrieved 2020-07-07.
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