On 9 July 1999, Albania was admitted as the 35th member of the Council of Europe’s Social Development Fund. Established since 1956, this is the oldest intergovernmental European financial institution. As a multilateral developmental bank, it supports projects to assist refugees and victims of natural disasters, projects on health, education, job creation and infrastructure development.
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13 August 1450, the Senate of Ragusa sent a letter to the governor of Hungary, describing the first siege of Kruja
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13 August 1920, in Luzni of Dibra, fierce fighting between Albanian patriots and Yugoslav forces
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13 August 1925, was born in Shkodra, the famous singer of folk music in Shkodra, Ludovik Ndoj Gjergji or Bik Ndoja
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13 August 1927, was formed in the city of Korca, “The union of workers of tailors”
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13 August 1927, born in Elbasan, cardiologist Petrit Gace