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Aristidh Kola, an Arvanite scholar and social activist, and a jurist, has passed away in Athens (Greece).

Fatos Arapi, a poet, prose writer, and aesthetician, has passed away in Tirana.

The "Battle of Mokra" took place, the first battle fought in the Mokra valley between the forces of the Albanian army led by Skanderbeg and the Ottoman army commanded by Firuz Pasha (of Macedonia).

Bedri Pejani, an activist for the national cause, politician, education enthusiast, and chairman of the Second League of Prizren, was born in Pejë (Kosovo).

Qemal Draçini, a critic, researcher, publicist, and promoter of poetry and prose, has passed away.

Mustafë Koka, a teacher and activist of the anti-communist movement, was killed by the Lumbardh River near Prizren (Kosovo).

The Academy of Sciences of Albania, a higher scientific institution, was established in Tirana.

Riza Alizoti, an engineer and the son of Fejzi Alizoti, was born in Istanbul.

Aleksandër Stipçeviç, an ancient historian, illyrologist, and academic, was born in Arbnesh of Zara.

The partisan battalion "Antonio Gramshi" was formed, a partisan formation of the Albanian National Liberation Army, composed of former anti-fascist Italian soldiers. After the capitulation of Fascist Italy on September 8, 1943, they responded to the call of the General Staff of the Albanian National Liberation Army to fight against the German Nazis.