Albanian educator and politician, 21st Prime Minister of Albania (born 1908)

Enver Hoxha

Enver Halil Hoxha was an Albanian communist revolutionary, statesman, and political theorist who was the leader of Albania from 1944 until his death in 1985. He was the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania from 1941 until his death, a member of its Politburo, chairman of the Democratic Front of Albania, and commander-in-chief of the Albanian People's Army. He was the twenty-second prime minister of Albania from 1944 to 1954 and at various times served as his own foreign minister and defence minister.

Born

1908

October 16

Died

1985

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1900s

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1985 Died

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The world in 1908

When Enver arrived

april 1 The Territorial Force (renamed Territorial Army in 1920) is formed as a volunteer reserve component of the British Army.
april 11 SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched.
april 14 Hauser Dam, a steel dam on the Missouri River in Montana, fails, sending a surge of water 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 m) high downstream.
april 16 Natural Bridges National Monument is established in Utah.

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Also born in 1908

Adam Clayton Powell Jr. 1908–1972 American pastor and politician (born 1908) Alistair Cooke 1908–2004 English-American journalist and author (born 1908) Annemarie Schwarzenbach 1908–1942 Swiss author and photographer (died 1942) Bette Davis 1908–1989 American actress (died 1989) Bill Bowes 1908–1987 English cricketer (died 1987) Billy Werber 1908–2009 American baseball player (born 1908) Eddie Tolan 1908–1967 American sprinter and educator (born 1908) Elizabeth Alexander 1908–1958 English geologist, academic, and physicist (died 1958) Geo Bogza 1908– Romanian poet and journalist (died 1993)

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