On December 29, 1919, representatives of the committees of Albanian emigrants in Canada, United States and Switzerland sent a telegraphic protest to the Italian parliament in Rome against the oppressive measures of the Italian invading army in Vlora on the day the Vlora citizens were to celebrate anniversary of the independence from the  Ottoman Empire.

In the city of Korça, on December 29, 1920, the first issue of the four-page newspaper “Shkreptimë e Korçës” /Thunder of Korça/ was published with the impartial motto that speaks and supports the truth.

On December 29, 1924, Elez Isufi passed away by the wounds in Peshkopi. He was a democratic patriot, in Dibër in 1861. He was in charge of the Dibër forces that faced the Serbian invaders. He supported Ismail Qemal’s government during 1912. Elez Isufi also participated in the June Revolution of 1924 and supported the following democratic government of Fan Noli.

On December 29, 1944, the Albanian Telegraphic Agency (ATSH), the central information institution of the Albanian state, was re-established and began its activity. It had existed since the period of the Albanian Kingdom before WWII.

On December 29, 1968, pathologist Janko Naum Theodhosi passed away. He was born on December 25, 1893 in Ohrid. He studied medicine at the University of Athens and worked as a pathologist at the Civil Hospital of Tirana. He then became the chief pathologist at the General Military Hospital.

On December 29, 1996, the remains of father Gjergj Fishta were reburied at the Franciscan church of Gjuhadol in Shkodër. As it is known, the prominent clergyman and poet was buried on December 31, 1940. On this occasion, a special issue of the magazine “Hylli i Dritës” /The Light Star/ was published, a magazine he had published and edited while he was alive.

The academicians Aleks Buda and Agim Popa were declared honorary citizens of Elbasan on December 29, 2006.

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