Dom Mark Gjani, clergyman, martyr of the Catholic Church, was born in Saint George of Montenegro, which at that time belonged to the Diocese of Shkodra.
Remzi Kuçi was born in Vlorë, an artist who excelled in painting, sculpture, and illustrating school publications in the second half of the 20th century.
In Tirana, the film studio “Shqipëria e Re” (New Albania) was inaugurated, a national cinematographic enterprise that produced feature films, documentaries, and animations.
In Shkodra, an atheistic exhibition titled "Mbi rolin reaksionar të fesë” (On the reactionary role of religion) was inaugurated, which remained open for 5 years and also served as a traveling exhibition, going to villages, mountainous areas, and industrial zones to conduct anti-religious propaganda.
Muzafer Asqeriu, participant in the communist movement and in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War, Hero of the People, was killed in the war with the Italian forces.
