[King_Gentius]

1946 -- Albanian-American War Veterans is organized in Boston by Dr. Andrew Elia. It continues to this day under the leadership of William Kosmo.
1973 -- The Fan S. Noli Library and Archives is established in Boston which the Harvard Encyclopedia of Ethnic Groups lauds as "the finest repository of Albanian culture in the Western Hemishphere."
1975 -- The first Albanian Youth Chorale is organized in Boston under the direction of Van Christo.
1978 -- The Horatio Alger Award is accorded to Albanian immigrant and acclaimed restaurateur, Anthony Athanas, founder of Anthony's Fine Restaurants including Anthony's Pier 4 on Boston's waterfront.
1982 -- Centennial symposium of the birth of Archbishop Fan S. Noli
is held at Harvard.
1987 -- Mother Teresa, of Albanian origin, established Missionaries of Charity in the Roxbury section of Boston.
1988 -- A Boston Albanian Orthodox priest, the Very Rev. Arthur Evans Liolin, is the first clergyman dressed in religious garb to enter "atheist" Albania where religion was outlawed by the Communist government in 1967 and reinstated only in 1989-90.
1990 -- President Ramiz Alia, the first Albanian leader in office to visit the USA, arrives in Boston.
1991 -- Albanian Humanitarian Aid Committee is established in Boston sponsoring the first shipments of food and clothing to Albania. It also organizes ESL classes for new Albanian arrivals.
1992 -- First democratically-elected president of Albania, Dr. Sali Berisha, visits Boston.
1993 -- Kosova leader, Ibrahim Rugova, visits Boston.
1994 -- The Frosina Foundation, later known as the Frosina Information Network, is formed in Boston by Van Christo to serve as an Albanian immigrant and cultural resource.
1995 -- Boston Albanian-American restaurateur, Anthony Athanas of Anthony's Pier 4 fame, is named Honorary Consul of Albania.
1995 -- Faik Konitza, former Ambassador of Albania to the USA, former Editor of "Dielli" and other Albanian publications and newspapers, who died in Boston in 1941 is reinterred from Forest Hills Cemetery to Tirana, Albania, where his remains are received with high honors.
1998 -- Second democratically-elected president of Albania, Prof. Dr. Rexhep Meidani, visits Boston.
1999 -- Saint George Albanian Orthodox Cathedral in South Boston is placed on National Register of Historic Places by the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Massachusetts Historical Commission.
1999 -- Prime Minister of Albania, Pandeli Majko, Europe's youngest premier (age 31) visits Boston.
1999 -- First Orthodox Bishop consecrated in Albania in 30 years, Metropolitan John Pelushi, visits Boston.
1999 -- It is estimated that there are now over 35,000 Albanians living in Greater Boston including some 1000 Kosovar Albanians.