On March 23, 1885, the patriotic journalist Paskal Aleksi was born in the city of Përmet. In May 1904 he immigrated to the USA and became involved with the patriotic movement. He was among the initiators of the uprising and an active member of the patriotic society “Albanian Brotherhood” and then of the “Besa bese” society. He died in the USA in 1966.

On March 23, 1938, the Council of Ministers of the Albanian Kingdom approved the site and the corresponding funds for the construction of the stadium in Tirana. The works were completed after the liberation of the country and were celebrated with the Balkaniad in the summer of 1946. The stadium was named after the People’s Hero Qemal Stafa.

On March 23, 1935, Aleksadër Mojsoiu, the great actor of Albanian origin, died in Vienna. He was born on April 2, 1879 in Trieste. At the age of 19, he went to Vienna, where, with the help of Jozef Kainc, he devoted himself to acting. In 1898, he started his career as an actor in Burgtheater. Then followed engagements in the theater in Prague and Berlin. In Berlin, Aleksandër Moisiu was admitted to Max Reinhardt’s seminar, with whom he went on tour to Petersburg (1911). There he stood out for the role of Oedipus. After this success he was engaged in many countries of Europe and North America. His interpretations of Hamlet, Oedipus, Yederman and Fedya in Leo Tolstoy’s “The Living Corpse” became very popular. He also played the main roles in many of the premieres of theatrical pieces

In 1935, shortly before his death, Moisiu requested the citizenship of Albania as well as that of Italy. Albania rejected this request, while Italy granted citizenship to Moisi, when he was lying on his deathbed. He is buried in Switzerland.

On March 23, 1999, the spokesman of the US Department of State, James Rubin, and the chairman of the NATO Military Committee, warned the president of Serbia, Slobodan Milosevic, that if he did not accept the agreement in Rambouillet, the air attack on the military and economic bases of Serbia and Montenegro.

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