On September 24, 1911, the people’s artist Marie Kraja was born in Shkodër. Graduated from the Graz Conservatory in Austria, she returns to Albania and works as a music teacher at the “Queen Mother” Institute. Although with a rich artistic life on the stages of Italy, Austria, Germany, her career is closely related to Albanian music. With the foundation of the Opera and Ballet House, Marie Kraja became one of the first soloists. She was awarded with order “Naim Frashëri” of the first class for her excellent career, the medal “Great Master of Work” and was laureate of the Price of the Republic of the first class. She passed away in Tirana on November 21, 1999.

On September 24, 1915, the patriot, Hero of the People, Dedë Gjo Luli, was treacherously murdered in Sheshez near Orosh, Mirdita by the Montenegrin Serbian occupying forces. He was born in 1840. He participated in the resistance organized by the Albanian League of Prizren for the protection of Hot and Gruda and was the leader of the anti-Ottoman uprising of the Shkodër highlands in 1911.

The elders of the 40 villages of Vlora, on September 24, 1919, sent a memorandum to the head of the English delegation at the Peace Conference in Paris, David Lloyd George, expressing their opposition to Italy’s anti-Albanian policy and the determination of the people not to accept the repetition of injustices against Albania.

In the city of Korça, on September 24, 1933, the society “Puna” /The Labor/ was founded. It was one of the first trade union organizations in Albania.

On September 24, 1998, NATO’s ultimatum addressed to the president of former Yugoslavia was made public, asking him to stop the violence in Kosova, otherwise he would face the air attacks of the North Atlantic Alliance.

On September 24, 2003, the well-known writer Odise Grillo passed away. He was born in 1932 in Vuno of Himara. He studied Albanian language and literature at the University of Tirana. Writer Grillo has written over 80 books for children in prose, poetry, and has carried out critical studies too.

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