The People's Assembly of the Republic of Albania approved a special law that legally liberated Albania from any obligations arising from the Warsaw Pact.
In Mainz (Germany), Franz Bopp was born. He was a German linguist, an Albanologist, and a key founder of comparative historical Indo-European linguistics. He served as a professor at the University of Berlin.
In Libohovë (Gjirokastër), Ndreko Rino was born. He was a participant in the National Liberation Anti-Fascist War and is recognized as a People's Hero.
In the city of Whiting, Indiana (USA), Ferid Murati was born. He is a clinical physician and pharmacologist, professor, and academic, who won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1998.
