Philip, the grandson of Charles I of the Angevins, issued on September 13, 1304 a diploma for the 13 Albanian provincial communities that were under the sovereignty of the Angevins, promising to the Albanian lords the preservation of all the privileges that were given to them by his ancestors.

On September 13, 1659, Mehmet Pashe Qyperliu was born in Tomorica of Skrapar, who was appointed Grand Vizier or Prime Minister of the Ottoman Empire. He started his career as a soldier and then as the Guardian of Syria and Tripoli. He held high positions in the Sultan’s Palace. With the initiative of Mehmet Pashe Qyperliu, the complex and Madrasa of the Qyperlinj mosque in Istanbul and the Library, which has turned into a research and scientific center were built.

On September 13, 1775 Ahmet Kurt Pasha entered Tirana without encountering any resistance and in one night took Kavaja and all of central Albania. This was a great defeat for the Bushatllinj of Shkodra who had these areas under their influence.

On September 13, 1907, Dhimitër Pasko, Mitrush Kuteli, writer, publicist and translator, doctor of economic sciences, was born in Pogradec. He graduated in Bucharest, where he also started his literary activity. In 1934 he returned to his homeland and started writing under the pseudonym Mitrush Kuteli. He published poems, stories, novels for adults and children and artistic articles. His literary work has been published in 5 volumes.

On September 13, 1913, the announcement of the government of Vlora was published on the establishment of the Albanian language as an official language throughout Albania.

On September 13, 1937, the Albanian pavilion was inaugurated at the Bari fair. On this occasion, our Minister of National Economy spoke on Radio Bari about the relations between the two countries. According to an intergovernmental agreement, the Bari Radio Station gave a daily news program in the Albanian language that was prepared by the press department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tirana. This radio show should be considered as the genesis of the newsroom at Radio Tirana.

On September 13, 1961, the ballet “Laurencia” was premiered at the Opera and Ballet Theater with music by composer Aleksandër Krein, conductor Rifat Teqja and ballet master Skënder Selimi. The first Albanian ballerinas Zoica Haxho, Sekine Sharofi, Xhemil Simitçiu and Agron Aliaj played the main roles.

Luigj Gurakuqi, the first director of the Albanian Opera Theater, passed away on September 13, 2006 at the age of 76. He was born in Tirana on January 13, 1928. He began his artistic life as a chorister in the general state choir in 1944. Then in the years 1950-1955 he worked in the choir of the Army Artistic Ensemble and in 1956 he started working in the Theater of Opera and Ballet, where he staged dozens of operas, Albanian and international operettas.

Llazi Serbo tragically passed away on September 13, 2010. He was born on March 9, 1945 in Korça. After graduating as an actor from the High Institute of Arts (today the Academy of Arts), he began working as a professional actor in the “Andon Zako Çajupi” theater in Korça. From 1986 to 1993, he worked as a director at the only film house Kinostudios “New Albania”. He has had 15 starring roles in cinematography. His first ones were in 1972, the role of Dajlan in the film “Long Night Stars”, the role of Kreshnik Martin in the film “Operation “Fire”, the role of Gazmendi in the film “The Trap”, that of Andi Rama in the film “Nothing is forgotten”. Passionate about photography, he participated in the National Photo Contest “Marubi 2003”. For his artistic merits, Llazi Serbo has been honored with the high title “People’s Artist”.

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