In the Horë of Arbëreshë (Piana degli Albanesi) near Palermo, Pal Skiroi (Paolo Schirò), an Arbëresh philologist and bishop of the Arbëresh community in Sicily with the title "Bishop of Benda" (1904), passed away.
In Tirana, in front of the headquarters of the Democratic Party, Azem Hajdari, a political activist and one of the key figures of the Democratic Party of Albania, was killed.
The People's Assembly of the Republic of Albania approved a special law that legally liberated Albania from any obligations arising from the Warsaw Pact.