On July 7, 1891, Lazër Shantoja was born in Shkodër, an enlightened priest, a man of culture, literature and art. In 1915 he was ordained a priest. Four years later he was arrested and kept in prison by the Italians in Beltoja, Shkodër. This is where the ordeal of imprisonment, arrests and exile begins. He returned to Albania in 1940. Five years later, in March 1945, Lazër Shantoja was shot without trial.

On July 7, 1894, Friar Lorenc Mazreku, the martyr of the Religion and the Nation, led the first Mass to begin his service as parish priest in Peja in 1895. He wore the robe of St. Francis on August 28, 1886. He built the church in Zllakuqan and the ecclesiastical Seat of Peja. Later we find him in Shkodër, as the first Albanian guardian of the Assembly of Friars in Gjuhadol.

On July 7, 1913, the Provisional Government of Ismail Qemali submitted requests for membership in the Universal Postal Union and the International Telecommunications Union, the realization of these memberships lasted more than 8 years.

On July 7, 1943, a curfew military dictatorship was declared in Kosova as a result of the brutal behavior of the Italian invaders.

On July 7, 1920, the gigantic actor Prokop Mima was born in Durrës. He has been described as a master of the Albanian language, a brilliant actor of characters. He started his activity on the stage in 1945, with the creation of the People’s Theatre. His first role is in the drama “Topazi” and later in over 70 roles, where the public has fixed Xhivola in “Arturo Ui” of Brecht, Hamlet in “Hamlet, Prince of Denmark”, Dom Mark in “Cuca e maleve” /Girl of the Mountains/. He has performed several prominent roles in Albanian feature films. He passed away on August 18, 1986.

On July 7, 1987, director Kujtim Spahivogli passed away. He was one of the brilliant students who graduated in the Soviet Union. In 1956, he was appointed an actor at the National Theatre. His first role on the stage of the National Theater was Dzerzhinsky in the drama “Kremlin Hours”. But he stood out more as a director and as the founder of the Artistic Word. In 1973, he was removed from the theater for political reasons. He died alone in Tirana at the age of 55. After his death, in the 90s he was given the title “People’s Artist”.

On July 7, 1993, Alex Buda, historian, professor, President of the Academy of Sciences, passed away in Tirana, at the age of 82. He created the Academy of Sciences of Albania and was its first president in 1972.

On July 7, 2006, Prof. Ramadan Sokoli, is included in the “List of the Most Respected Experts in the World”, which represents the elite of experts known as indisputable scientific authorities for knowledge and experience. Ramadan Sokoli was an ethnomusicologist of Albanian Folklore.

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