World Car Free Day is celebrated on September 22. For the first time on September 22, 2002, six cities: Tirana, Shkodra, Vlora, Durres, Elbasani and Lezha were included in the initiative of the 1000 largest cities in Europe to stop the traffic of vehicles for several hours.

Prominent Italian-Albanian personality Volter Durrazo was born on September 22, 1752 in Durres. In 1775, his name was recorded in the Book of the Arts of Nobility. Volter Durrazo has been a minister in the Republic of Genoa for a long time.

On September 22, 1796 Kara Mahmut Pashe Bushatlliu organized the second expedition to join the Pashallek of Shkodra the Albanian territories of Montenegro. This expedition ended in defeat where Kara Mahmut Pashe Bushatlliu lost his life.

On September 22, 1874, Fejzi Alizoti, minister, member of parliament was born in Gjirokastra. He was educated in Istanbul. In 1913 he was appointed minister of internal affairs in the government of Ismail Qemali, while a year later the government of Princ Vid appointed him governor of Shkodra. He was the minister of finance in Zog’s Cabinet and from 1925 onwards he was a member of parliament, representing the prefecture of Gjirokastra. In 1945, he was sentenced to death by the regime in force as a collaborator with the invaders.

On September 22, 1913, the spontaneous armed movement against the Serbian invaders turned into an uprising that liberated Dibra. Serbian troops were forced to withdraw from Struga and Ohrid.

On September 22, 1937, the Albanian soprano Tefta Tashko gave a concert at the microphone of Radio Rome. She performed classical and Albanian pieces.

On September 22, 1952, the Higher Medical Institute was opened in Tirana. It started its work with 67 students, 13 of whom were women.

The professional stage of Elbasan was established on September 22, 1955. It gave its premiere in November of that year in Cerrik for the workers of the newly established oil refinery.

On September 22, 2003, one of the greatest Albanian scholars of the 20th century, Professor Jup Kastrati, died in Shkodër. He has left an extraordinary scientific legacy to Albanian studies, so he ranks in the pantheon of the most emblematic personalities of Albanian research.

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