Historical Calendar June 08
1912 - Carl Laemmle founded, Universal Pictures. Universal Pictures, is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the NBCUniversal...
“Mr. Alia used the presence of the head of the United Nations, Perez de Cuellar, and foreign journalists, to eliminate the elements who were against…” / Writing of the ‘New York Times’, May 1990
By David Binder Memorie.al / The Secretary General of the United Nations, Javier Perez de Cuellar, traveled to Albania, where...
“While in Berat, to discriminate against him, they sent him as a treasurer to the barbers of the Municipality, the president of the Academy, Prof. Alex Buda, when he came to our city…”/ The unknown history of Vexhi Buharaja
From Agim Xh. Dëshnica Memorie.al / In the city with all those values, Berat, where Nezim Frakulla, Sulejman Naibi, Hasan...
Historical Calendar June 07
1905 - Norway's parliament dissolves its union with Sweden. The vote was confirmed by a national plebiscite on August 13...
“Zwajk, like everyone else, who lived in the Great Empires, might not know the exact origin of Alexander Moses, or identify him as…”/ Reflections of the former head of the National Historical Museum
By Dorian Koçi Memorie.al / Words that express great concepts often seem to come from a divine origin, but in...
“Members of Congress, such as the representative of Massachusetts, Joseph P. Kennedy, as well as the senator of Arizona, Denis DeConcini, asked to visit Albania…”/ Writing of the New York Times, in the 1990s
By David Binder Memorie.al / The government of Albania, one of the most loyal communist regimes in the world, signaled...
Historical Calendar June 06
1886 - Ciprian Porumbescu dies at the age of 29. Porumbescu was one of the most famous Romanian composers of...
“After Avdyli told me to return to Yugoslav land, I shot him in the head with a machine gun and…”/ Testimony of the infiltrator of the Security, who handed over to the border, the man who was going to kill Enver Hoxha, in 1974
Memorie.al / "Antoni told us that if we wanted, he could introduce us to an Albanian boy, who escaped from...
“A witness, identified as J., was arrested in 1986, after refusing to vote for the local candidate of the Communist Party, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, after…” / New York Times article, January 21, ’90
By MARVINE HOWE Memorie.al / "An American human rights organization has accused the communist government of Albania of suppressing freedom...
Historical Calendar June 05
1916 - Herbert Kitchener, 65, dies. Kitchener was a senior British Army officer and colonial administrator, who gained notoriety for...