The Albanian patriot Azem Galica was born on December 10, 1889 in Drenica. From the age of 20, he joined the insurgent squads of Drenica, led by Ahmet Delia. After November 28, 1912, when Kosova was invaded by Serbia and Montenegro, Azem Galica he fought on the front line. He passed away on July 17, 1924.

In London, on December 10, 1912, just a few days after the declaration of Albania’s Independence, the Conference of Ambassadors was convened, chaired by Sir Eduard Grey, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Great Britain, which dealt with the Albanian issue.

At the height of the First World War, the national flag was raised in Korça and the autonomous province of Korça was declared. Commander of the French occupying forces, on December 10, 1916, was forced to remove the current administration from Korça and signed with the representatives of Korça the protocol according to which the city and its surroundings formed the autonomous province that would be administered by the Albanians under the protection of the French military authorities.

December 10, 1920 marks the creation of the National Library. It was created with 3000 volumes inherited from the “Komsia letrare” of Shkodër and the “Vllaznia” /Brotherhooh/ society. The first director was Sotir Kolea. The National Library collects and preserves Albanian publications, creating the richest Albanological Fund in the world.

On December 10, 1928, trety for the extradition of criminals between Albania and Greece took effect with the additional protocol of 1926.

On December 10, 1932, the people of Korça erected a magnificent monument to their hero Themistokli Gërmenji in the center of the city, a work of the People’s Sculptor, Odhise Paskali.

On December 10, 1932, the writer, translator and perfect Albanian speaker Robert Shvarc was born in Sarajevo, to a Jewish father from Austria and a mother from Elbasan. Shvarc translated some of the world’s prominent authors into Albanian, among which Remark, Goethe, Markes. Robert Schvarc passed away on April 25, 2003. For great merits in the field of Albanian letters, Shvarc holds the title of Grand Master.

The US Secretary of State, Mr. Kardell Hall on December 10, 1942 made the official statement that he recognized the anti-fascist struggle of the Albanian people and the independence of Albania. The United States government, he emphasized, has never recognized the annexation of Albania by Italy. Similar statements were made by the foreign ministers of Great Britain and the Soviet Union in the days that followed.

Professor Durim Bebeçi was born on December 10, 1944 in the city of Gjirokastër. He graduated in medicine at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tirana in 1966. He started working as a coordinating physician at the Children’s Clinical Hospital in Tirana, where he worked for 47 years, until December 10, 2012. Doctor, Educator, creator of the first Association of Pediatricians in the country, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Durim Bebeci passed away on March 9, 2014.

On December 10, 1948, the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since then, December 10 is celebrated as International Human Rights Day.

On December 10, 1979, in a solemn ceremony, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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