On June 10, 1878, 300 Albanian delegates, gathered in Prizren to found the Albanian League of Prizren, a pan-Albanian political organization in defense of the integrity and independence of Albania. It opposed the Treaty of Saint Stefano and the decisions of the Congress of Berlin for the fragmentation of Albanian lands.

On June 10, 1878, the Saverian College of the Jesuit Fathers was founded in Shkodër. The school, which had initially a commercial character, later it took a classica one, and was always equal to the level of the best high schools in Western Europe. Prominent people, martyrs of religion and homeland were educated in the Shkodër Saverian College, like Monsignor Bonati, Friar Faust, Dom Lazër Shanto, Friar Anton Harapi, and many others.

On June 10, 1908, Qazim Dervishi, the multidimensional personality of Albanian sports, was born in Shkodër. Qazim Dervishi was the first international football referee in Albania. He also has the merit of developing, and is known as a champion in several athletic disciplines in the 1930s. Qazim Dervishi played football for Vllaznia for almost 10 years. Qazim Dervishi, as a graduate of the American Technical School, did not escape the communist persecution though. After the 1990s, he was granted the titles “Teacher of the People” and “Honorary Citizen of Shkodër”. He passed away on January 12, 1994, at the age of 86.

On June 10, 1924, the democratic revolutionary forces entered Tirana. This date marks the victory of the June Democratic Bourgeois Revolution. The leaders of the former feudal opposition fled abroad.

In June 1926, with an exchange of notes, between Albania and Great Britain, the Provisional Trade Agreement was concluded on the basis of reciprocity and the most favored nation.

In Tirana, on June 10, 1930, the long documentary movie “Albania is reviving” shot by the Italian company “Luce” was premiered. It deals with the state of the road system and constructions in Albania.

On June 10, 1957, dates the Presidential Decree for the foundation of Tirana State University was announced, while a day later, there was the Decision of the Council of Ministers on the organization of the first Albanian University, a long-time dream of Albanian National Renaissance of the nineteenth century.

On June 10, 1978, Theater “Aleksandër Moisiu” of Durrës, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the League of Prizren, premiered the drama “Shqipet e strallës” /Eagles of rocks / by Hiqmet Meçaj. The drama was dedicated to the unification of the Albanian people under the leadership of the League of Prizren.

June 10, 2007 marks the historic visit of American President George W. Bush to Albania. This visit undoubtedly marked one of the highest points in the relations between the US and Albania. At the center of the talks during the visit was Albania’s membership in NATO, the progress of reforms and the status of Kosova, where independence was defined as the final outcome.

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