October 16, 1908: Birthday of Comrade Enver Hoxha, antifascist resistance fighter and leader of socialist Albania. 

From Sam Marcy, “In Defense of the People’s Republic of Albania” (1961): 

 It is amazing how such a small country, surrounded on all sides by enemies, should have been able to survive and develop under such hostile surroundings. 

 Of course, the tremendous contributions of the Soviet Union, China and the other socialist countries helped the Albanian Peoples Republic in no small measure. But there is no ground whatever to doubt the assertion of the Chinese Communist Party, that it was accomplished “mainly by relying on their own (i.e., Albanian) efforts."