On January 17th, 1968, on the occasion of 500 anniversary of the death of Scanderbeg, the Theater of Opera and Ballet in Tirana, displayed the premiere of the opera “George Castriot Scanderbeg” of Prenk Jakova and libretto by Llazar Siliqi. On that day the Palace of Culture “Aleksander Moisiu” in Durres, prepared and displayed the opera “The sons of Skanderbeg” of Abdulla Grimçi with libretto of Matish Gjeluci.
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8 May, National Day of the Red Cross and the Red Crescent
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8 May 1786, was premiered the “Skanderbeg” tragedy on the stage of the French Theater in Paris
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8 May 1910, took place the battle of Carralaves, between the Albanian insurgents and Ottoman armies
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8 May 1926, was concluded the agreement between the Albanian Government and the Serbian-Albanian Bank
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8 May 1937, King Zog I decreed the Law on Changing the Names of Some Cities, Villages, Wards, Rivers, etc