-August 8, 1474 marks the withdrawal of the Ottoman army from the siege of Shkodër, which began on July 18, 1474.

-On August 8, 1913, Vedat Kokona, well-known as a translator and author of a number of literary works, was born in Izmir, Turkey. He has translated about 15,000 verses from the French language and is the author of the first French Dictionary. He passed away on October 14, 1998.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                -August 8, 1927 dates the work “Skanderbeg in a duel with two Persians” made in Durrës, the first painting of Zef Kolombi, a brilliant painter of Albanian national art.

-On August 8, 1928, actress Besa Imami “Honored Artist” was born in Gjakova. She played her first role in the theater in 1945. She has over 90 roles, most of them dramatic. She also performed in the opera “Cavaleria Rusticana” by Pietro Maskagni staged by the Tirana Opera and Ballet House. In 1961, when she was only 33 years old, Besa Imami was awarded the title of “Merited Artist” for her artistic merits. The honor of the Albanian stage actress, Besa Imami, passed away at the age of 86 on September 21, 2014.

-On August 8, 1929 King Zog I, passed the statute of the Muslim community drawn up at the 3rd Congress of the Muslim Committee in Tirana. The obligation to encourage Albanian Muslims to adapt to contemporary civilization is singled out in the statute.

-On August 8, 1944, the first Albanian Youth Congress was organized by the WWII Albanian Resistance, in Helmës of Skrapar.