-On November 13, 1522, the prominent Albanian humanist, historian, Marin Barleti, the first known author of old Albanian literature, passed away.

-On November 13, 1909, the Minister of the Interior of the Porte, Talat Beu, was handed the Memorandum signed by the Albanian members in the Ottoman parliament to forward to the government. The Memorandum demanded that Xhavit Pasha be put on trial as the cause of the riots in northern Albania.

-The Hora colony of Arbëresh in Palermo, Piana degli Albanesi, in November 1912, protested against the chauvinist intentions towards the Albanian lands of the Greek, Serbian and Montenegrin governments.

-In Shkodër, on November 13, 1913, the eminent Albanian geologist and lecturer Injac Ndoja was born, “Doctor of Natural Sciences”, at the University of Turin.

-On November 13, 1946, several units of the British Navy began mine-sweeping the Corfu Channel. The operation includes Albanian waters from Saranda to Karaburun.

-The well-known actress Pavlina Mani was born in Lushnja on November 13, 1948. She is one of the most prominent figures of the Albanian stage and screen.

-On November 13, 2011, Alfred Kanini passed away in the US. He was journalist, author, publicist, director of the Culture Department at Albanian Television for several years.

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