1950s in Bulgaria

none 1950 Bulgaria 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.Men Volleyball II European Championship 1950 Sofia (BUL) - 14-22.10 Velodrome - Winner Soviet Union http://www.todor66.com/volleyball/Europe/Men_1950.html 2020-07-07 www.todor66.com 1951 1 April – The Plovdiv derby, a derby in Bulgarian football between Botev Plovdiv and Lokomotiv Plovdiv, had its first match.Спартак взе малкото пловдивско дерби Спорт https://kanal3.bg/news/sport/3841-%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%B2%D0%B7%D0%B5-%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE-%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8 2020-07-07 kanal3.bgBotev Plovdiv - Lokomotiv Plovdiv 30.07.2016 https://www.ultras-tifo.net/photo-news/4416-the-plovdiv-derby-30-07-2016.html 2020-07-07 Ultras-Tifo en-gb2014-04-19 Soccer-Crowd trouble forces Plovdiv derby to be abandoned en Reuters https://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-bulgaria-trouble-idUKL6N0NB0FB20140419 https://web.archive.org/web/20170409200053/http://uk.reuters.com/article/soccer-bulgaria-trouble-idUKL6N0NB0FB20140419 dead April 9, 2017 2020-07-07Bulgaria Cups Overview https://www.rsssf.org/tablesb/bulgcuphist.html 2020-07-07 RSSSF 1952 The Bulgarian Mint was established.Монетен двор https://mint.bg/ 2020-07-07 bg-BG Bulgaria competed at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway.July 2020 FC Minyor Radnevo, a Bulgarian football club from the town of Radnevo, was founded.ЕООД Български футбол Миньор (Раднево) http://bgclubs.eu/teams/Minyor(Radnevo) 2020-07-07 bgclubs.eu bg 1953 20 December – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 978-3-8329-5609-7 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Bulgaria's second largest stadium, was officially opened.July 2020 1954 The Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria became its own separate institution.Министерство на културата на Република България http://mc.government.bg/ 2020-07-07 mc.government.bg FC Ravda 1954, a Bulgarian football club from the village of Ravda (near the city Nesebar), was established.August 2025 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.19550727-0August 8, 1955 Through the Curtain Time Magazine http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807400,00.html dead https://web.archive.org/web/20070705102324/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,807400,00.html July 5, 2007 December 14 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 109 is adopted, leading to the admission of Bulgaria and other countries into the United Nations.S/RES/109(1955) - E - S/RES/109(1955) https://undocs.org/S/RES/109(1955) 2020-07-07 undocs.org 1956 13 December – Uzunbodzhak (also known as Ouzounboudjak and Lopushna), a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, was established.Регистър на ЗТ и ЗЗ http://pdbase.government.bg/zpo/bg/area.jsp?NEM_Partition=1&categoryID=1&areaID=15 2020-07-07 pdbase.government.bg 2016-03-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160305002907/http://pdbase.government.bg/zpo/bg/area.jsp?NEM_Partition=1&categoryID=1&areaID=15 dead The Nesebar Archaeological museum was founded.Museum Ancient Nessebar http://www.ancient-nessebar.com/html/main_en.php?menu=sights_arheolo 2020-07-07 www.ancient-nessebar.com Spartak Sofia, an ice hockey team in Sofia, was founded.Eurohockey.com - 404 error page http://www.eurohockey.com/text/404-error.html 2020-07-07 www.eurohockey.com 1957 22 December – Parliamentary elections were held in Bulgaria.Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p368 978-3-8329-5609-7 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.Тема спорт - Блаже плаща за купата с бой и година вън от футбола http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B5+%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B0+%D0%B7%D0%B0+%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0+%D1%81++%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%B9+%D0%B8+%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0+%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BD+%D0%BE%D1%82+%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0/news:36553 2020-07-07 www.temasport.com 1958 The First English Language School was founded in Sofia.Начало - felsofia https://www.fels-sofia.org/ 2020-07-07 www.fels-sofia.org 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 1–0.2015-11-17 Ботев взима купата, когато играе срещу отбори извън столицата http://www.plovdivskinovini.com/index.php/sport/botev/item/19413-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B5-%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%89%D1%83-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BD-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025305/http://www.plovdivskinovini.com/index.php/sport/botev/item/19413-%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%B2-%D0%B2%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%B8%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B5-%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%89%D1%83-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B1%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B2%D1%8A%D0%BD-%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0 2015-11-17 2020-07-07Тема спорт - Актьори от "Любимец 13" се резилят с 0:10 в Перник http://www.temasport.com/news/view/%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%82%D1%8C%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8+%D0%BE%D1%82+%E2%80%9E%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%86+13%E2%80%9D+%D1%81%D0%B5+%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8F%D1%82+%D1%81+0:10+%D0%B2+%D0%9F%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA/news:36674 2020-07-07 www.temasport.com June 20 – 22 – The 1958 Wrestling World Cup was held in Sofia.International Wrestling Database https://www.iat.uni-leipzig.de/datenbanken/dbwrestling/daten.php?wkid=8233E57380894E90A5C9250BE5942A0D 2020-07-07 www.iat.uni-leipzig.de 1959 December 26 – The Bulgarian National Television (BNT) was founded in this year. It started broadcasting on this day.Bulgarian National Television https://www.bnt.bg/en/p/about dead https://web.archive.org/web/20180612205252/https://www.bnt.bg///en/p/about 2018-06-12 2020-07-07 BNT News en See also History of Bulgaria Timeline of Bulgarian history References Bulgaria Category:Years of the 20th century in Bulgaria