On June 3, 1694, the Italian monk Nilo Catalano passed away in Dhërmi of Himara. He served in Albania for a long time, contributing in language studies too. He drafted a grammar of the Albanian language and an Albanian-Italian, Italian-Albanian dictionary. These manuscripts are kept in the National Library of Copenhagen.

On June 3, 1878, the Muslim and Christian representatives of Prishtina, Vuçitern, Mitrovica, Peja, Gjilan and Vranja protested the decisions of the Treaty of Saint Stefano against the fragmentation of Albanian lands.

On June 3, 1913, the Provisional Government of Vlora approved and published the regulation on the formation of the Albanian Militia.

On June 3, 1919, the Gruda and Hoti highlanders’ commission, headed by Ded Gjo Luli, submitted a memorandum to the commander of the international forces in Shkodër, requesting for Hoti and Gruda not be separated from the Albanian trunk.

On June 3, 1917, the patriotic organization “Vatra” in the US proclaimed June 3 as “Albania’s Salvation Day.” The commission created on this occasion called on all immigrants to create a fund of 40,000 dollars to save the Motherland.

On June 3, 1920, the “National Defense Committee” sent the ultimatum to the Italian general Piancenti for the removal of the invading forces from the Albanian lands. The insurgents were waiting for the answer to the ultimatum until the evening of June 4.

On June 3, 1996, the Teachers’ Association was formed.

On June 3, 2002, the prominent lawyer Manol Konomi passed away. After WWII, he was appointed at the highest legal positions in state bodies until February 1951, when he refused to sign the act of extrajudicial execution of persons arrested for throwing a bomb at the Soviet Embassy. After the overthrow of the dictatorship in 1992, he was appointed a member of the Constitutional Court, where he served for 5 years.

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