-On January 26, 1898, Ismail Tartari, a radiologist, was born in Durrës. He studied at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Rome. In 1928, he put into use for the first time in Albania an X-ray machine. Tartari was a radiologist at the General Military Hospital. In 1957 he retired with the rank of Lt. Col. Ismail Tartari passed away on January 27, 1968, donating his medical library to the Military Hospital.

-In January 1947, compatriots commemorate the arrival of Fan Noli in New York. The day coincided with the publication of his work “Beethoven and the French Revolution”.

-On January 26, 1989, the Arbëresh poet, Vorea Ujko passed away after a car accident. He was born in Calabria in 1918. He worked as a literature teacher. He published many poetic volumes as “Blood awakenings”, “Kosova”, “Modern Years”, “My seasons”, “Arbëresh Songs”. Vorea Ujko visited Albania several times, about which he said: “As soon as I set foot in Albania, poetry springs to me by itself, my heart swells, I want to sing!”.

-On January 26, 2007 the UN chief negotiator the late Marti Ahtisari, former president of Finland, presented in Vienna, before the Contact Group for Kosova, his proposal to determine the political status of Kosova. The meeting took place behind closed doors.

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