On May 23, 1820, Ali Pasha Tepelena called a special meeting of leaders, as and the clergy to mobilize the population against the revenge that the Ottoman invaders were preparing.

On May 23, 1913, the Albanian delegates in London submitted to Sir Edward Grey, chairman of the London Conference, the memorandum on the barbarism of the Greek army in South Albania.

On May 23, 1924, the “Assembly of the province of Labëria” was held in Vlora, which decided to launch an uprising against the Zogite government. The assembly formed the Commission for the direction of the movement, which was chaired by Fan Noli.

On May 23, 1997, the painter Fadil Pëllumbi passed away. He belongs to the first generation of students who graduated from the School of Drawing in Tirana in 1936. From his brush in 1939 came out the first Albanian banner and the first handicraft exhibition was organized.

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