June 21, 1814, is known as the day of the merger of the Albanian regiment into Napoleon’s Imperial Guard. Napoleon approved the recruitment of about three thousand Albanians, most of whom were refugees from the harsh rule of the governor of Ioannina, Ali Pasha Tepelena. These forces were united and organized as an Albanian regiment on December 12, 1807.

On June 21, 1921, the Albanian government addressed the League of Nations with a note, after the Greeks managed to internationalize the issue of the so-called Vorio-Epirus. The subsequent creation of the Albanian Kingdom and the Albanian Autocephalous Church significantly limited the role of Greek chauvinist circles in the South of the country.

On June 21, 1942, Ruzhdi Pulaha was born in Korça. In the last 35 years, he is the most staged author of the National Theater of Tirana. A good part of his drama and comedies have been staged in Korça and other theaters in the country. After several successful dramas before 1991, such as “Maro Mokra”, “The Teacher of Literature “, “In front of yourself”, “Under the lights of the scene”, “The patient doctor”, “Tomorrow is late”, “The stairs” or the comedy “Lady from the city”, he is the screenwriter of the first Albanian radio novel “Rruga me pisha” /Pine wood street/ (in collaboration with Radio BBC) and the first Albanian telenovela, “People and Fates”.

The artistic biography of the playwright Ruzhdi Pulaha has already taken place in the prestigious pages not only of the Albanian and foreign press but also in the encyclopedias of filmography and theater.

On June 21, 1960, the writer and publicist, Pier Simsia, was born in Berat. After the collapse of communism, Pier Simsia emigrated to Europe and later to the US. He has written regularly in the Diaspora press and in the independent press in Albania.

On June 21, 1968, Besim Levonja passed away. He started his artistic activity during the war. He entered the People’s Theater in 1945, as an actor. Besides these, he was the director of the State Variety Theater in the years 1954-1956.

On June 21, 1995, the law “On the pre-university education system” passed. This law sanctions children’s rights in the field of education.

On June 21m 1999, After the war in Kosova, the Main Library was opened in Gjilan.

On June 21, 2001, the “Albanian Teutas in the World ” forum was created with the initiative of several women and girls scattered around the world. The forum laid the foundations of a spiritual bridge between the homeland and the diaspora.

On June 21, 2004, for the first time in Podgorica, the Pedagogical Faculty in the Albanian language began its work, where, in addition to Albanian professors from Montenegro, professors from the University of Shkodër and the University of Prishtina were also engaged.

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