Events in the year 1940 in Bulgaria. Incumbents Monarch – Boris III Events 7 September – Bulgaria regained control of Southern Dobruja under the Treaty of Craiova. 14 December – Shipwreck of the Salvador, a ship carrying Jewish refugees to Palestine, in the Sea of Marmara. 230 of the 326 passengers died in the wreck. 24 December – The Law for the Protection of the Nation, an anti-Jewish racial law which included banning Jews from having Bulgarian citizenship, was ratified. Births 2 July – Georgi Ivan Ivanov, first Bulgarian in space. 8 December – Alexander Yossifov, composer and conductor. Deaths 23 March - Dimitar Stanchov, 15th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (b. 1863) 10 September - Nikola Ivanov, Bulgarian general (b. 1861) 23 December – Mariyka Popova, actress. References 1940s in Bulgaria Years of the 20th century in Bulgaria Bulgaria Bulgaria