-On December 21, 1876, the teacher and journalist Kristo Dako was born in Korça. He was founder and director of the newspaper “Voice of Albania”, “Dielli” /The Sun/ and the magazine “The Morning Star”. Kristo Dako became active in the diplomatic effort in defense of the issue of Kosova and Çamëria. He was elected a deputy in the Albanian parliament and together with his wife Sevasti Qiriazi founded the Qiriazi Institute in Tirana where he worked for the education of Albanian girls.

-One of the 101 Albanian martyrs who were massacred in the Nazi extermination camp in Mathhausen, Austria, Shezai Qemali was born on December 21, 1903. On January 18, 1945, he was shot together with two other Albanian anti-fascist martyrs, Lefter Bezhani and Vasil Gjata.

-The journalist Leonidha Naçi published in Corfu on December 21, 1911, the social political weekly in the Albanian language “E Drejta” /The Right/.

-On December 21, 1922, Fan Noli came to Tirana, being appointed as Foreign Minister of that time government.

-On December 21, 1950, the Peqin-Elbasan, 33 km railway was inaugurated.

-On December 21, 1964, the prominent Albanian Franciscan, Justin Rrota passed away. Together with Fishta, Gjeçovi, Bardhi, Prenushi and Kurti, he was a collaborator of the magazines “Hylli i Dritës” /The Start of Light/ and “Zani i Shna Ndout” /Voice of St. Anthony/. He also gave contribution to the study of Albanian grammar, syntax, morphology and Albanian literary historiography too.

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