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The "2nd Assault Division of the Albanian National Liberation Army" was formed.

Naxhi Bakalli was born in Tirana and is a prominent painter, muralist, illustrator, and graphic artist in Albanian art of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Loro Boriçi was born in Shkodër and was a renowned football player (center forward), coach, lecturer, and Merited Master of Sports.

The First World War (1914–1918) erupted as a large-scale conflict between two opposing alliances: the Tripartite Alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary on one side, and the Entente Powers—composed of England, France, and Russia—on the other.

Berit Becker (Backer), Norwegian researcher in the field of social anthropology, was born in Norway

Filip Shiroka, a poet and activist of the national movement, was born in Shkodër.

Feim Ibrahimi, a composer and People's Artist, passed away in Turin, Itali.

Memo Nexhip Bejko, an anti-fascist fighter and Hero of the People, was killed on the battlefield while supporting the border post of Vidohova (Korçë).

The "August 1949 provocations" were a series of attacks undertaken by Greek military forces against the People's Republic of Albania during the civil war in Greece. The Greeks alleged that Albania was assisting the opposing forces

In the village of Vig in Mirdita, the "War of Vig" took place.