Historical Calendar June 30
1934 - Adolf Hitler develops the Night of the Long Knives, which consists of the violent cleansing of his political...
Letter to Enver: “You don’t have national liberation, but social liberation. Albania is not liberated, what you mention, some men bigger than you did…”/ The story of Hamid Gjylbegut, who never voted
By Ledia Lleshi Memorie.al / The Gjylbegu family, originally from Shkodra, has been settled in Elbasan for years. Part of...
Historical Calendar June 29
1916 - British diplomat Roger Casement, an Irish nationalist, is sentenced to death for his role in the Easter Uprising....
“After he insisted in a meeting, that the file be opened and the killers of his close friend, Aslan Rusit, found two days later…”/ The mystery of the death of the volleyball legend, on August 3, ’91
By Adriatik R. Dosti The murder that shocked Albania....! - Memorie.al / Such was the case of Dashamir Fagu, one...
Historical Calendar June 28
1914 - Franz Ferdinand is assassinated at the age of 50 as a result of an assassination attempt. Franz Ferdinand...
“Besides the diplomatic corps and some businessmen, Albania accepts about 5,000 tourists a year, but at the border, an official barber shaved beards and trimmed…”/ Writing of the New York Times, June 1976
By Jonathan Sill Memorie.al / Albania was the only country in the world that, as predicted, would be the temporary...
Historical Calendar June 27
1905 - During the Russo-Japanese War, sailors begin a rebellion in the Russian warship Potemkin. This warship was one of...
“Ahmet Zogu, was one of the most prominent young leaders, but his regime was overthrown by a revolution led by Bishop Fan Noli, after…”/ Writing of “The New York Times”, January 28, 1934
By Herman Bernstein - Forecasts for a new war in Albania, on the eve of the beginning of the Second...
“If Lenin were alive and saw the horrors of the captors Kamber and Asllan, he would order that both of them be hanged immediately in the prison yard…”/ Unknown letter of the former prisoner of Burrell, in ’63 –in
By Kastriot Dervishi - The denunciation letter of the ex-convict of Burrel, Muharrem Xhakoni, sent to the Central Committee of...
Historical Calendar June 25
1910 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird premieres in Paris, making Stravinsky one of the world's greatest composers. Ballet has...