On May 28, 1920, in the border village of Kapshtica, the protocol was signed that stopped the advancing of the Greek army, which aimed to occupy the Albanian lands liberated by the French forces.

On May 28, 1929, the Honorary Consular Agency of Albania was established in Minish, Egypt.

On May 28, 1997 in New York, the patriot Haki Halit Idriz-Terpëza passed away. All his life he worked and fought for the freedom of the Albanian people and lands. In November 1945, he was exiled with his father and many other Albanians in Jasapetra, Greece. He had to immigrate to the United States, where he collaborated with the Albanian emigrants’ movement for Ethnic Albania.

On May 28, 1932, Loni Papa was born, playwright and author of children’s literature, prose, poetry, journalistic writings, stories, fables, etc. Author of more than 35 published literary works and laureate of the Republic Award. He holds the title of “Honorary Citizen” of Lushnja, for his contribution and dedication to Albanian literature. Loni Papa was born in Bubullima, Lushnja district, in an intellectual family. He received his first lessons in his hometown and attended the seven-year school in the city of Elbasan. He completed his secondary education at the “17 November” Pedagogical School in Tirana, continuing higher studies in Albanian Language and Literature, at the Faculty of History – Philology of Tirana State University. Loni Papa passed away on June 22, 2018, in Montreal, Canada. His body rests in his homeland.

On May 28, 1998, the lawyer, translator and teacher Nedin Kokona passed away. After WWII, Nedin Kokona was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the communist regime. He was released after 5 to be exiled until 1960. Then he worked as a physic labor worker, translator and privately taught the French language.

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