In order to disable the government of Vlora, after the Declaration of the Independence, to communicate with the Great Powers, on December 16, 1912, the Greek fleet bombarded Vlora and cut off the Vlora-Otranto-Bari telegraph cable.

In Vlora on December 16, 1919, a protocol was signed for the transition of the administration of the prefecture of Gjirokastër under the dependence of the Albanian government, between the temporary Albanian government of Durrës, under the full control of the Italian forces of occupation, and the Italian command of the occupation in Albania.

On December 16, 1925, Mit’hat Frashëri, Plenipotentiary Minister of the Republic of Albania in Athens, since January 1923, disappointed by the political developments in Albania, resigns and declares his withdrawal from political activity.

On December 16, 1947, the poet Primo Shllaku was born in Shkodër. After studies at the University of Tirana for Albanian language and literature, he was appointed a lecturer, but for strange reasons, this appointment was cancelled. Primo Shllaku lived and worked in Greece since the early 90s. Among his most important works are the poetic volumes “Lule nate” /Night Flowers/ and “Hana e njelmët e ditës” /Salty Moon of the Day/.

On December 16, 1966, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the International Treaty on Civil and Political Rights. Albania adhered to this important document of international law only in October 1991.

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