Calendar – March the 2nd

On March 2, 1444 George Kastrioti Skanderbeg called the League of Lezha, a gathering of the most famous Albanians nobles, who were in danger of the Ottoman Empire. League of Lezha was the first political and military alliance of Albanian nobles.
March 2, 1913 Noli uses the Congress Trieste to call to the Great Powers gathered in London against the fragmentation of Albania.
On March 2, 1925, the poet and publicist, outstanding personality of the Albanian patriotic and democratic movement, Hero of the People, Luigj Gurakuqi passed away in Bari. He took part in the Democratic-Bourgeois Revolution of June 1924, and was appointed to the government that emerged from it, as Minister of Finance. After the suppression of the June Revolution, he went to Italy, where he was murdered on March 2, 1925 by a paid agent.
On March 2, 1936, Skender Hasko was born in the Dukat of Vlora. During his career he worked in the humoristic magazine “Hosteni”, in the Central House of Popular Creativity, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Pionieri” and director of National Children’s Theatre. His creativity, summarizes 52 works of different genres. He is decorated with the “Naim Frashëri” medal and two “Naim Frashëri” Orders. Sknder Hasko passed away in Tirana on February 4, 2013.
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