1924 in Italy
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Events in the year 1924 in the Kingdom of Italy.
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Incumbents
- King â Victor Emmanuel III
- Prime Minister â Benito Mussolini
Events
- 27 January â Treaty of Rome (1924)[3]
- 6 April â Italian general election, 1924
- 21 September â Inauguration of the Autostrada dei Laghi, the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world.[1][2]
- 6 October â 1-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services
Sport
- 25 January to 5 February â Italy participated at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, with 23 competitors in 4 sports
- 4 May to 27 July â Italy participated at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Paris, with 200 competitors in 18 sports, winning a total of 16 medals (8 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze)
Unknown
- â The Benito Mussolini government pass a law in 1924 requiring that every school display a Crucifix.[4][5]
Births
- 9 January â Walkiria Terradura, anti-fascist partisan (d. 2023)[6]
- 29 January â Luigi Nono, composer (d. 1990)[7]
- 2 February â Ignazio Colnaghi, actor (d. 2017)[8]
- 8 March â Walter Chiari, actor (d. 1991)
- 23 April â Rossana Rossanda, politician and journalist (d. 2020)
- 30 June â Maino Neri, footballer (d. 1995)
- 9 July â Domenico Pace, fencer (d. 2022)
- 13 July - Carlo Bergonzi, operatic tenor (d. 2014)
- 4 August â Antonio Maccanico, Italian constitutional specialist, social liberal politician (d. 2013)
- 12 August â Lucy Salani, political activist (d. 2023)[9]
- 25 August â Sergio Bergonzelli, director, screenwriter, producer and actor (d. 2002)
- 19 September â Rosario Mazzola, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2018)
- 8 November â Gino Scarpa, painter, printmaker and sculptor[10] (d. 2022)
- 18 December â Alberto Ablondi, bishop (d. 2010)
Deaths
- 8 April â Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, general, known for the Bava Beccaris massacre (b. 1831)
- 10 June â Giacomo Matteotti, politician (b. 1885)
- 17 July â Ricciotti Garibaldi, soldier (b. 1847)
Full date missing
- Tito Conti, painter (b. 1842)[11]
- Francesco Franceschi, horticulturist (b. 1843)