On October 7, 1762, the Albanian scholar and humanist Mikel Skutarista was born.

On October 7, 1777, Marcielo Durraco, marquis and patriot of Genoa, a high-ranking official in the royal palace of Sardinia, was born in Durrës.

On October 7, 1942, the battle of Kodra e Kuqe /Red Hill/ took place in Tirana. Vojo Kushi, commander of Tirana guerrilla units of the Albanian WWIII Resistance, together with Sadik Stavaleci and Xorxhi Martini, were suddenly surrounded by fascist forces, and fell fighting, refusing to surrender.

On October 7, 1945, the League of Writers and Artists of Albania was founded in Tirana, a social organization that united creators of various fields. In its beginnings, it had 70 members.

On October 7, 1946, the Balkan Games of Tirana officially started.

On October 7, 1950, Mother Teresa founded the community called “Missionaries of Love”. After 15 years, this community was raised to a papal congregation. At that time there were only 300 missionaries of love and all of them helped the poor, the sick and the abandoned, trying to place proper dignity to every human being.

In one of the premises of the National History Museum in Tirana on October 7, 1997, Jaho Brahaj’s book “Heraldic Traces” was promoted. The book brings together many values ​​and facts from the history of Albanian culture in the specific field of heraldry, Albanian national historical symbolism, and the emblems of Albanian ancestors.

On October 7, 1998, the Association “Albanian Economic Journalists Association” was formed in Tirana.

On October 7, 2000, the restoration of the ancient church of Cape Rodon was completed, in the interior of which an archaeological museum has been created too.

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