On September 14, 1895, the pedagogue and patriot Shadie Asllani was born in Beirut. There she graduated from the American College for Girls. In 1920, she opened the first girls’ school in Libohova. In Tirana, she worked as a deputy director alongside Mati Logoreci and led the women’s association “Shqiptarka”. He became active in the Congress of Albanian education in 1924 in the activities of the society “Bashkimi”. She left Albania together with Noli and after returning to his homeland he was imprisoned and exiled.

By decree of the royal law, dated September 14, 1932, all foreign schools that had opened and operated in Albania were banned.

The Nobel laureate for medicine Ferid Murati was born on September 14, 1936 in the USA to an Albanian father and an American mother. He graduated from the University of Virginia where he was also appointed professor in 1970. His studies have focused on the effects of nitroglycerin on the human body. He won the “Nobel” prize in 1998. One of the most professional successes of Ferid Murat is the invention of Viagra, now famous all over the world. The prominent Albanian-American Nobel laureate, dr. Ferid Murad passed away on the 6^th of September 2023 at the age of 87.

On September 14, 1943, the provisional government was established in Tirana, which undertook to convene the Albanian national assembly with participation from all Albanian territories. The transition of local government from Italian to local authorities brought to Kosovo an autonomy that was immediately exploited by the cream of Albanian patriotism.

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