On April 22, 1917, Kahreman Ylli, Albanian teacher and distinguished personality, was born in Skrapar. He was the first rector of Tirana State University in 1961. A whole life busy with activity and work until he passed away in Setember 3, 1975, at the age of 58.

On April 22, 1918, Ibrahim Kodra was born, a painter, professor, and world personality of contemporary painting. The year 1947 defined the recognition of Kodra in the world. In 1979, he was  awarded the Gold Medal of Art, Science and Literature by the French Academy. Kodra has been described as the primitive of the new civilization. In 1948, Ibrahim Kodra became friends with Pablo Picasso at the “International Conference for the Peace of Rome”. Both carried out a deep artistic research. He came in Albania for the first time in 1977, after having left the country before the WWII. In April 1996, in a special ceremony in Tirana, together with Ismail Kadare and Ernesto Sabato, he was awarded “Honour of the Nation” Order. This Albanian personality of world art passed away on February 7, 2006 in Milan, where he had lived for 30 years. According to his wish, his body rests in his native village of Ishëm, Durrës.

On April 22, 1920, over 30,000 residents of Central Albania gathered in a rally against the anti-Albanian policy, calling to the International Conference convened in San Remo, Italy, not to violate the independence and territorial integrity of Albania.

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