Enver Hoxha was born on 16 October 1908 in Gjirokastër. An Albanian communist leader, Hoxha led the country from the end of the Second World War until his death, as First Secretary of the Party of Labour. He had commanded the partisan resistance against Italian and German occupation, and then built one of the most isolated and repressive states in Europe. He broke with Yugoslavia, then with the Soviet Union after Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin, and finally with China, leaving Albania almost entirely self-reliant. His regime banned religion, building thousands of bunkers across the country, and used the secret police, the Sigurimi, to imprison and execute opponents. The system collapsed a few years after his death.
Before and after
- 12 August 1908Ford Model T
- 25 August 1908Death of Antoine Henri Becquerel
- 27 August 1908Birth of Lyndon B. Johnson
- 16 September 1908Founding of General Motors
- 16 October 1908Birth of Enver Hoxha
- 28 November 1908Birth of Claude Lévi-Strauss
- 28 December 19081908 Messina earthquake
- 1909Rise of Futurism
- 1909Founding of Audi AG
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