-In September 96 AD, the Roman emperor of Illyrian descent, Flav, was killed in a conspiracy. He ruled the Roman Empire from September 81 AD.

-On September 18, 1835, the Ottoman army coming from Lezha from the south and Ulqin from the north, entered Shkodër to suppress the uprising aimed at establishing the autonomous government of the country. Afraid not to further aggravate the situation, the Porte replaced the regular military service with a cash tax, and excluded the Sandjak of Shkodër from the implementation of centralizing reforms for a period of 15 years.

-The society of Albanian students “Pëparimi” /Progress/ founded in Korça in 1909, on September 18 of that year elected the chairmanship and approved their regulations. It was established to provide funds for the maintenance of the Pedagogical normal school in Elbasan and for the opening of other Albanian schools, as well.

-On September 18, 1926, Dionis Bubani was born in Bucharest, a prominent name in Albanian humor and literature. He completed his secondary studies at the Gjeorgj Lazër high school in Bucharest and together with his family came to Albania in 1940. From his father, the journalist Gjergj Bubani, who was publisher of the newspaper “Kosova” in Constanca, Romania. Dionis inherited the gift of writing. In 1946, he wrote for the first time in the humoristic-satirical magazine “Hosteni”. In addition to journalism and satirical books, Dionis Bubani devoted himself to children’s literature. It is the winner of the “Silver Feather” for the best children’s book. Bubani’s signature is also on the lyrics of well-known songs in RTSH, such as “The first child”, “Today I turn 20 “, “When I am close to you”, etc. Dionis Bubani died at the age of 80.

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