On July 8, 1944, Myslym Shyri, hero of Albanian Resistance of WWII, was killed. He was born in Tirana in 1918. He participated in many anti-fascist and anti-Zogist activities.

On July 8, 1944, Aristidh Kola, one of the most well-known personalities of the Albanian Diaspora in the field of culture, was born in an Arvanite village in Thive. He studied law at the University of Athens. After the eighties, he deals with historical, folklore and linguistic studies of the Arvanites of Greece. He was one of the founders of the “Union of Arvanites of Greece” and for 9 years was its Chairman. Aristidh Kola founded and headed the Institute of Pelasgian Studies from 1983 to 1995.

On July 8, 1944, The infamous Colonel Zerva launched a general attack against the Çam population in Greece.

On July 8, 1997, the Law on the Use of Flags and National Symbols was passed by the Parliament of North Macedonia.

On July 8, 2006, the Albanian writer and politician Pjetër Arbnori passed away at the age of 71 in Naples, Italy. He was born on January 18, 1935 in Durrës. In 1958, he worked as a teacher, but was banned for political reasons. In 1961 he was sentenced to death for attempting to establish a Social Democratic group. The sentence was later commuted to long imprisonment. Arbnori spent 28 years in Burrel prison until August 1989. In January 1990, he participated in demonstrations against the communist government in Shkodër. From 1991 to 2001, he was a Member of the Assembly of Albania, which he led for 5 years.

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