At Qafa e Peshkves (Pukë), during fierce fighting against the German Nazis, Met Hasa, a participant in the Anti-Fascist National Liberation War and a People's Hero, was killed.
In Piraeus (Greece), Anastas Janullatos was born, the Archbishop of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Albania, professor, and corresponding member of the Academy of Athens.
In France, François Pouqueville (François Charles Henry Louis Pouqueville) was born, a physician, naturalist, diplomat, historian, and French archaeologist.
In Pejë, Kosovo, Ali Kelmendi was born, a fighter for national liberation in Kosovo, an activist of the democratic communist and antifascist movement in Albania, and a People's Hero.
Jani Minga was an activist of the Albanian school, of the National Renaissance, the "Democratic Movement" (1920-1924), and a Teacher of the People, was born in Shënpjetër in Fier.
