On March 24th, 1999, NATO began the bombing over Yugoslavia. On that day the Serbian military launched the massacre called “tragedy of teachers” in the village of Godes, where were murdered 20 Albanian teachers. At the same time, the Serbian soldiers began the ethnic cleansing of Albanian civilians. They forced the Albanians to abandon their homes and flee toward the Albanian border. This is the first stage of the cleansing that has caused at least 10 thousand victims in two months.
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1 April 1258, the despot Mihal of Epirus gives Burtinti and the Albanian coast, as a dowry for the marriage of the son of the German Emperor
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1 April 1835, died Bartolomeo Pino, the Italian sculptor and painter
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1 April 1933, the Italy stopped Tirana’s payment of loan installment; the country was plunged in crisis
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1 April 1929, entered in force the first Penal Code in Albania
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1 April 1967, began the action for the construction of the road in the Great Highland