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In the Ballsh prison, Dom Mark Hasi, a Catholic cleric, passed away.

In Ulcinj, Rifat Kukaj, a writer and literary translator, passed away.

In New York (USA), Sulejman Gashi, a journalist, passed away.

Zef Krispi (Giuseppe Crispi), a Hellenist, professor at the University of Palermo (1813), and bishop (1836), passed away.

Ibrahim Biçaku was born in Elbasan. He was a political activist, the son of Aqif Pasha Elbasani, and served as Prime Minister during the German occupation. He was also a landowner.

In Manastir, the first issue of the newspaper *“Bashkim’ i Kombit”* (1909–1910) was published, a weekly political, social, cultural, literary, and economic newspaper in Albanian and Turkish.

In Berat, Namik Resuli, a philologist and historian of literature, was born.

From September 10 to 19, 1922, the "Founding Congress of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church" convened in the hall of the Mangalem school in Berat.

Ndue Shyti was born in the village of Gojan in the Mirdita region (Pukë district). He was a virtuoso instrumentalist of the çiftelia, bilbil, and sharkia, as well as an innovator and creator of folk formations using traditional instruments. He was honored as an Artist of the People.

Kadri Hazbiu, a participant in the National Liberation Anti-Fascist War, commander of partisan formations of the National Liberation Army of Albania, lieutenant general, and a high-ranking official of the state and the Party of Labor of Albania, was executed by firing squad.