-After the victory of the Himara people, led by Gjon Kastrioti and Muzaka,  in the anti-Ottoman fights in the coastal areas of Albania, on August 31, 1481, the castle of Himara and then that of Sopot were liberated,.

-The National Defense Committee of Kosova on August 31, 1919 issued a call to the Albanian people to protect Korça and Gjirokastër from the danger of the Greek occupation.

-The famous singer Zihni Berati was born on August 31, 1922 in Berat. Zihni Berati is among the first artists of the Albanian Philharmonic and the Theater of Opera and Ballet. He performed 25 primary roles in operas by foreign and Albanian authors, and 30 years on the stage of the Opera and Ballet Theatre. He performed classical music, but he also loved folk songs. In 1981, he even went to his hometown and created the People’s Ensemble of the city of Berat. The famous singer Zihni Berati passed away at the age of 70 in 1992.

-The Conference of Ambassadors in London on August 31, 1923 denounced the government of Athens as the organizer of the assassination of the Chairman of the International Border Commission, the Italian general Enrico Tellini. The conference charged Greece with the moral and material responsibility.

-On August 31, 1929, the Albanian Parliament ratified the Multilateral Convention for the Deepening of the International Union of Aid concluded in Geneva in 1927.

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