In Tirana, Zekeria Rexha, activist of the National Liberation Anti-Fascist movement in Kosova, history researcher, writer, Teacher of the People, passed away.
Norbert Jokl (1877–1942), Austrian linguist, indo-Europeanist, Albanianologist, was born in Bzenec, Moravia. He graduated in law at the University of Vienna and then in linguistics (1908).
In the well-known Qiriazi family in Manastir, Sevasti Dako Qiriazi was born, an activist of the National Movement and for the emancipation of Albanian women.
The Albanian linguist and diplomat Gjergj Pekmezi has passed away. He was born in Tushemisht, Pogradec, where he completed his primary education; he subsequently continued his studies in Manastir and Belgrade.
