The "Rogova Massacre" took place, resulting in the killing within three days of 21 soldiers and officers of the Kosovo Liberation Army and 9 civilians.
The first issue of the newspaper "Albania" (1929–1932, 1933–1940) was published in New York. It was a political, social, cultural, and literary newspaper, the organ of Albanians and Arbëreshë from Italy who had emigrated to the USA.
Ali Pasha Tepelena (1740–1822), a powerful ruler in Southern Albania, founder of the Pashalik of Janina, and rebel against the authority of the Ottoman Porte in Albania, passed away.