-On January 30, 1897 – The “Mbrothësia” /Prosperity/ printing house was founded in Sofia at the initiative of the company “Dëshira” /The Wish/. It was directed by Kristo Luarasi and Kostë Jani Trebicka and played an important role in the cultural movement of the last period of the National Renaissance. The printing house was the first Albanian publishing house, which published within the period 1897-1915, 115 titles, from “Calendar”, primers, school books to the most outstanding works of Renaissance literature. In 1921, the printing house and publishing house “Mrothësia” moved and started working in Tirana.

-On January 30, 1906, the first patriotic group of the Manastir Committee was formed in Korça, under the leadership of Bajo Topulli.

-On January 30, 1914, the Government of Esat Pash Toptani was overthrown. He left the post, in exchange for handing over the crown to Prince Wilhem von Wied and the triumphal entered Durrës together with him. Durrës was capital of Albania at the time.

-On January 30, 1926, the composer Tish Daija was born in Shkodër. He started his musical creativity with the sounds of the accordion. The first compositions are the songs “Çik, o mori çike” /girl you girls/, “Me Lule t’bukrs” /With beautiful flowers/. He studied at the “Tchaikovsky” conservatory in Moscow. Tish Daija is the author of many great musical works such as the operetta “Lejlaja”, /Violet/, the opera “Pranvera” /The Spring/, the first Albanian ballet “Halili and Hajria”. Tish Daija passed away at the age of 78.

-On January 30, 1996, the Cardinal, the saint of Christendom and the Albanian nation, Mikel Koliqi, was transported to his last home in his hometown Shkodër, where he was born on on September 29, 1902. He studied theology in Italy. On February 2, 1945, he was imprisoned by the communist regime. He spent 38 years in communist prisons, until he was 84 years old. In January 1992, the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Dom Mikel Koliqi Cardinal, which marked the peak of his religious career. He passed away in Shkodër at the age of 94.

-On 30 January 1999 – NATO authorized its Secretary General, Javier Solana, to launch a strike against (former) Yugoslavia if necessary, depending on the results of the Contact Group for Kosova.

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