The insurgents from Kosovo, on March 17th, 1903, after a fierce fighting liberated Vushtrin and were addressed to Mitrovica, where were focused about 3000 Turkish soldiers. The Ottoman invaders, to maintain their positions used the artillery against the insurgents. The Russian Consul, describing this as unequal battle, stated that the massacre killed 200 Albanian insurgents.
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10 July 1909, came out the first edition of the political, economic and cultural newspaper, “Union of the Nation”
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10 July 1921, the government of Iliaz Vrion, started its activity
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10 July 1927, came out the first edition of “Gazeta Shqiptare”
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10 July 1930, was born in Durres, pianist and composer Kozma Lara
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10 July 1952, in Tirana, was inaugurated Kinostudio “New Albania”