The "Society for the Promotion of the Albanian Alphabet" (1879–1891), a patriotic, cultural, and educational society, was established in Istanbul with the initiative of the "Central Committee for the Protection of the Rights of the Albanian Nationality."
Adil Çarçani, Prime Minister of Albania from 1982 to 1990, one of the high leaders of the state and the Party of Labor of Albania, and a participant in the National Liberation Anti-Fascist War, has passed away in Tirana.