Historical calendar

1944 - Tirana, the capital of Albania, was liberated. On the morning of November 17, 1944, after 19 days and...

1872 - The first Metropolitan Police strike ever takes place in Great Britain. The Metropolitan Police strike was a refusal...

1920 - The creation of the "Free City of Danzig" is announced. Later known as Gdansk in Poland, this city,...

1908 - The Congress of Manastir was held, or the Congress of the Alphabet, was an academic conference in the...

1918 - Allied forces occupy Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire. The capital of the Turkish Empire, was occupied...

1930 - Born in Gjakova Besim Bokshi, linguist, professor and academic. He was a member of the commission for conclusions...

1918 - Austro-Hungarian Emperor Charles I abdicate. After his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914, Charles...

1928 - World-famous composer Ennio Morricone is born in Rome. Morricone, is a composer, orchestrator, and, conductor, writing in a...

1953 - Cambodia in Southeast Asia declares independence after 90 years of French colonial rule. Official Paris occupied the impoverished...

1933 - In the United States, during the Great Depression, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt unveils the Civil Service Administration....