9th World Festival of Youth and Students
The 9th World Festival of Youth and Students was opened on 28 July 1968, in Sofia, the capital of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. The festival attracted 20,000 people from 138 countries. Initially, the event was planned to be held in Algeria in the summer of 1965, but due to the military coup in that country the date had to be postponed, and Bulgaria became the new venue for the festival.
