Father Aleks Baqli, a Catholic clergyman, leader of the Antonian Society, and secretary of the Albanian Franciscan Province, passed away in a Rome hospital.
In Erseka, due to poisoning, Petro Nini Luarasi, an activist of the National Renaissance and the Albanian school, publicist, and Teacher of the People, died.
Vasil Shanto, an activist of the communist and anti-fascist movement, participant in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War, and Hero of the People, was born in Shkodër.