Calendar – April the 11th

-On April 11, 1872, was born Asdreni, Aleks Stavri Drenova, publicist poet and democratic patriot. The lyrics of Albanian National Anthem ‘The Oath on the Flag, belong to him. He actively participated in the activity of the colony of Albanians in Bucharest in the struggle for national liberation. Asdreni passed away in Bucharest in 1947.
-On April 11, 1876, the patriot Sali Gjuka was born. He was the editor of the newspaper “Bashkimi i kombit” /Union of the Nation/ of Manastir/Bitola and an activist of the “Bashkimi” /Union/ Club. He supported the June Democratic Bourgeois Revolution of 1924. Sali Gjuka passed away in Berat on November 25, 1925.
-On April 11, 1906, the patriotic society “Drita” /The Light/ was established. The goal was to unite all Albanian emigrants in Romania to avoid disunity and to enable the opening of an Albanian school and the establishment of the Albanian church.
-On April 11, 1919, the patriots Spiro Kolea and Pandeli Çala, on behalf of the Albanians in Switzerland, sent a protest against European diplomacy to the Peace Conference in Paris, in the aftermath of WWI.
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