Historical Calendar June 15
1934 - The Great Smoky Mountains are declared a national park in the United States. Great National Smoky Mountains is...
“Since 2.30 in the morning, a group of people were waiting in front of a store on the main street of the capital for the milk ration, and a little further, in the ‘Block’, Ramiz Alia…”/ Writing of the ‘New York Times’ , March 25, ’91
"New York Times" brings the situation on the eve of the elections of March 31, 1991. The movements of the...
“We lost the final match with the Italian team ‘Autoccento’, as we were missing the three main football players, who were arrested two days before the match, as communists…”/ The tour of the representative of Tirana, in 1941
By Dashnor Kaloçi The rare testimony of Arif Peza, former football player of the Albanian National Team and commander of...
Historical Calendar June 14
1907 - Norway gives women the right to vote. The Kingdom of Norway is becoming one of the first countries...
“Since the death of the Stalinist leader, Enver Hoxha, in 1985, some symbolic changes have taken place with Ramiz Ali, the successor of Mr. Hoxha, whose government has banned…”/ New York Times article, January 1990
By MARVINE HOWE Memorie.al / "An American organization for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms has accused the communist...
“When we scored a goal in the first minutes, the Lazio stadium with 4,000 fans, most of them Albanian, resounded with cheers, but then they went on the offensive…”/ Unknown match of our national team, August 1945
By Dashnor Kaloçi - The historiography of the communist regime never recognized that match, as our national football team was...
Historical Calendar June 13
1917 - During World War I, the deadliest airstrikes in Germany and London during the war are carried out by...
“Anti-communist Albanians gathered at the UN headquarters, to protest against President Ramiz Alia, clashed with their compatriots, who came there…”/ New York Times article, September 1990
Memorie.al / The leadership of Albania, with one of the last communist governments with the toughest line, has completed the...
Historical Calendar June 12
1935 - A truce is negotiated between Bolivia and Paraguay, ending the Chaco War. The Chaco War took place between...
“I am sure that, regardless of the Stalinist rule, for more than four decades, the 3.3 million Albanians will shake the dictatorship and…” / New York Times article, with Kadare’s statement from France, December 6, 1990
Memorie.al / Ismail Kadare, Albania's best-known writer, says he sought refuge in France a month ago, because "my desertion will...