On February 25, 1877, was born Norbert Jokl, an Indo -European linguist and Austrian albanologist. He worked in the Library of the University of Vienna where he was also an external lecturer of Albanian language. Jokl defended the autochthony of the Albanians by placing their first cradle in ancient Dardania, present-day Kosova. Norbert Jokl died in Nazi camps in 1942.

On February 25, 1960, passed away Kolë Kasmi, at the age of 74, an historian, linguist and folklorist. He is also known as a textbook author, translator, writer, publicist.

On February 25, 1966, Myslym Keta, a Hero of Albanian Resistance of WW II. He was born in Tirana on October 11, 1925. At 22-years old, while he was an army colonel in July 1947, merits of his contribution to the WW II were recognized by declaring him a national hero. Myslym Keta passed away in 1966 after a serious car accident.

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