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Bedri Shala, a fighter of the Kosovo Liberation Army and a martyr, was born in the village of Gjergjica in Drenas in 1969.

Agim Bajrami, a fighter of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Hero of Kosovo, died heroically in Kaçanik.

A hunger strike was organized in the prison of Qafë-Bar (Pukë), which was one of the strongest bells for the change of the law and the successive demands of various organizations for the amnesty of political prisoners in Albania.

Havzi Nela, a poet and anti-communist, was hanged in Kukës.

In Saint-Louis and in Philadelphia (USA), the first issue of the newspaper”E vërteta” ("Truth") (1920-1923), a political, social and cultural newspaper, was published.

Nexhip Vinçani was born in Vinçan, Korça, and was a participant in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War, ultimately rising to the rank of major general.

Safet Butka, a professor, nationalist, and opponent of communism, was born in Butka, Kolonjë, as the son of the patriot Sali Butka.

The first issue of the magazine “Drita-Dituria” ("Light-Knowledge") was published in Istanbul in 1884-1885.

Risto Siliqi, a poet and publicist, as well as a patriot and democrat, was born in Shkodër.

Zef Skiroi (Giuseppe Schiró) was a poet, publicist, folklorist, and Arbëresh historian born in Hora of Arbëreshë, Sicily.