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January 23, 2024

1822 - Ali Pasha Tepelena, a powerful noble ruler of the Ottoman Empire, dies. The attempts of Ali Pasha Tepelena...

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1916 - Isa bej Boletini, an Albanian national figure and insurgent in the Vilayet of Kosovo, participates in his youth...

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“On February 20, ’91, from the PTT, to the entrance of the Port, they left me alone at the head of the protest, but when they saw that the two soldiers who were guarding the bust of Enver left, the crowd trampled me and…”/ Memoirs of a former Navy officer

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