Historical Calendar 02 July
1881 - Charles J. Guiteau fatally shoots and injures US President James Garfield. Garfield died two months later from wound-related...
“Five days before Mehmet Shehun killed himself, I had a fierce argument with him, at the Guest House in Kuçovo, after I asked him…”/ The rare testimony of the former deputy of Ramiz Alia
By Elisabeta Ilnica and Dilaver Xhelili Second part Memorie.al / From lathe, to vice president of the People's Assembly. Mine...
Historical Calendar 01 July
1884 - Allan Pinkerton dies at the age of 64. Pinkerton, was a Scottish-American detective and spy, best known for...
“From the lathe, they made me a deputy, first secretary of the Party of Kuçova and Berat, vice president of the Presidium of the People’s Assembly, but when I went to Ramiz Alia…”/ The rare testimony of Mine Guri
By Elisabeta Ilnica and Dilaver Xhelili The first part Memorie.al / From lathe, to vice president of the Presidency of...
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...