Historical calendar

1846 - Born in the village of Frashër in the Vilayet of Ioannina, Naim bej Frashëri, better known as Naim...

1900 - During World War II, the United Kingdom annexes the Free State of Orange. The Free State of Orange...

1906 - Henrik Ibsen, 78, dies. Ibsen was a Norwegian theater playwright and director. As one of the founders of...

1947 - During the Cold War, Truman's Doctrine enters into force, helping Turkey, Greece, and Greece politically, economically, and militarily....

1937 – A Soviet station, North Pole-1, becomes the first scientific research solution to operate on the flowing ice of...

1903 - Ernest Koliqi, poet, novelist, essayist, translator, journalist, playwright, albanologist, teacher and Albanian publisher, is born in Shkodra. He...

1934 - Zveno and segments of the Bulgarian Army wage a coup and install Kimon Georgiev as Bulgaria's new Prime...

1911 - Gustav Mahler, 51, dies. Mahler, was an Austro-Bohemian Romantic composer and one of the leading conductors of his...

1895 - Haki Stermilli was born in Sheher of Dibra, writer, journalist, head of the Albanian secret service at the...

1926 - Mehmed VI dies at the age of 65. Mehmed was the 36th and the last Sultan of the...