Historical calendar

1900 - The United Kingdom annexes Transvaal to what will later be called South Africa. The Transvaal Colony was the...

1929 - The famous bankruptcy known as Black Thursday occurs on the New York Stock Exchange. It began on October...

1871 - Born Gjergj Fishta in Fishta, Lezha, Franciscan friar, teacher, writer, translator and also chairman of the commission for...

1883 - The Metropolitan Opera House is inaugurated in New York, USA. This building was an opera house located at...

1940 - Famous American writer Ernest Hemingway publishes his work For Whom the Bell Tolls. In this book he describes...

1900 - Albanian poet and writer Naim Frashëri, one of the most prominent representatives of the National Renaissance and the...

1920 - Born in the village of Gllavicica (Shengjon-Kokaj) near Peja, Mark Krasniqi, professor, academic, politician and Albanian writer from...

1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation, otherwise known as the BBC, is founded in London. This company would soon become...

1937 - Joseph Bruce Ismay, the wealthy oligarch and owner of the famous White Star Line company, dies at the...

1888 - Hysni Babameto was born in Gjirokastra. He was a patriot, mathematics teacher and Albanian educator, one of the...