-On January 6 of every year, Christian believers celebrate the day of “Blessed Water”.

-On January 6, 1882, artist, scholar, prominent representative of democratic literature, politician and clergyman Fan Noli was born in Ibrik Tepe, an Albanian village in Thrace. In 1906, Noli left for the US, where two years later he was ordained a priest. He completed his higher studies in arts at Harvard University. He support the government headed by I. Qemali, of 1912, after Declaration of Independence. He came to Albania for the first time in 1913. He went to the US again, where “Vatra”, Albanian Association in Massachusetts elected him as chairman. In 1921, his magnificent work in prose “The History of Skanderbeg” was published. Noli played an important role in the organization and direction of the Democratic Revolution of June 1924, and was appointed head of the government. After the failure of the revolution on December 24, Noli took the path of political exile and never returned to Albania. He passed away in Florida on March 13, 1965.

-On January 6, 1897, Baltazar Benusi was born in Shkodër, one of the drafters of the modern Albanian Legislation in the period of the Zogite Monarchy. He was first educated at the Saverian College in Shkodra and then in Hungary and Italy for a Doctorate in Law. King Zog I appointed Balthazar a member of the Supreme Court. After two years, he resigned as an opponent of the implementation of a law that he considered unconstitutional. In 1947, he was arrested in Berat under charges of incitement and propaganda. He served 15 years in prison in Burrel and 4 years in exile in Kuç of Kurvelesh. He passed away in 1982 in Shkodër. One of the three main works left by Baltazar in the field of Justice was the Commentary on the Civil Code “Property, ownership and its modifications”, which was reprinted again in 1995 and has found great use in Albanian Jurisprudence.

-On January 6, 1907, the national society “Besa – Besë” was founded in Boston by a group of patriots, most of them from the district of Korça. The first leaders of the society were Fan S. Noli as president and Goni Katundi as vice president.

-In Tirana, on January 6, 1920, the famous actor Sandër Prosi was born. In his 35-year artistic career, he performed over 100 roles, of which 30 were in cinematography. He naturally played characters of 75 works of authors such as Shakespeare, Schiller, Chekhov, Gorky, Çajupi, Kadare, and Agolli. Sandër Prosi passed away on March 24, 1985.

-On January 6, 2005, the Minister of Public Order approved the program for the creation of the National Police Anthem. With the lyrics of Arben Duka and music by Edmond Zhulali, the Albanian police anthem was performed by Kastriot Tusha.

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