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The agreement of Ismail Qemal's government for the establishment of the National Bank of Albania was concluded with Karol Pitner and Oskar Pollak, representatives of Wienner Bank Verein, which operated on behalf of the Austro-Hungarian banking group, and with Pietro Fenolio and Guido Ansbaher, representatives of Banca Commerciale Italiana, which operated on behalf of the Italian banking group.

In New York (USA), Sten Dragoti, an Albanian-American director and producer, was born into a family that had emigrated from Dragoti of Tepelena.

In Bologna (Italy), Luigi Maria Ugolini (1895–1936), an Italian archaeologist, passed away.

On the front of the Ebro River in Spain, Asim Vokshi, an activist of the communist movement, a participant in the Spanish Civil War, and a Hero of the People, was killed.

The XXIV Assault Brigade of the Albanian National Liberation Army was formed in Bicaj, Kukës.

Nikola Barbato (Italian: Nicola Barbato), a doctor, journalist, and Arbëresh politician, was born in Hora e Arbëreshëve (Italian: Piana degli Albanesi) in Sicily.

Sulejman Delvina, the prime minister of the government that emerged from the Congress of Lushnjë (1920) and a political activist, was born in Delvinë.

Xhevat Qena, an actor, was born in Mitrovica (Kosovo).

In the United Kingdom, Sir Reginald Hibbert, a British officer and historian, passed away.

In Çukas of Fier-Shegan (Lushnjë), during a fight with the German Nazis, Liri Gero, a participant in the National Liberation Anti-Fascist War and a Hero of the People, was captured by the occupiers after being wounded several times and was burned alive.