On May 27, 1941, he was executed hanging in Tirana, the youngest 21 year old. On May 17, that year, he fired five bullets, Victor Emmanuel III, when the car crash was passing through Durres. Vasil Lait’s assassination was the spark that sparked the great anti-fascist uprising of our people. The patriot from Saranda’s Piqerasi, for ten days resisted torture and the fascist military trial sentenced him to death.
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18 April 1880, the Ambassadors of the Great Powers signed the “Istanbul Protocol”
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18 April 1907, was established in Shkodra the society of workers and artisans
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18 April 1921, was born Nermin Vlora-Faiaski, Ismail Qemali granddaughter
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18 April 1937, was published the first number of “Shtypi” newspaper