1940 in Italy
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Events from the year 1940 in Italy.
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Incumbents
Events
- 18 March – In a meeting with Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass, Benito Mussolini undertakes to bring Italy into World War II.[1]
- 10 June – Count Ciano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, relays Italy's declaration of war to André François-Poncet, the French Ambassador to Italy, declaring war on both the United Kingdom and France. This begins Italy's participation in World War II.[2]
- 28 October – Italy declares war on Greece, starting the Greco-Italian War, a theater of World War II.[3][4]
Literature and culture
- 16 March – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian writer and film director
- 31 July – Fleur Jaeggy, Swiss-Italian fiction writer
Cinema
Births
- 3 January – Leo de Berardinis, Italian stage actor, theatre director (d. 2008)[5]
- 19 January – Paolo Borsellino, judge and magistrate (d. 1992)[6]
- 17 April – Ira von Fürstenberg, socialite and actress (d. 2024)[7]
- 26 April – Giorgio Moroder, composer
- 24 June
- Augusto Fantozzi, lawyer, tax expert, academic, businessman and politician (d. 2019)[8]
- Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer[citation needed]
- 16 October – Ivan Della Mea, singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
- 24 October – Giacomo Bulgarelli, Italian association football player (d. 2009)
- 2 November – Gigi Proietti, actor, singer, and comedian (d. 2020)[9]
- 26 November
- Enrico Bombieri, mathematician
- Gianni De Michelis, politician (d. 2019)[10]
- 5 December – Paolo Pillitteri, politician (d. 2024)[11]
- 18 December – Ilario Castagner, football player and manager (d. 2023)
- 30 December – Sergio Doplicher, mathematical physicist (d. 2025)
Deaths
- 28 April – Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian opera singer (b. 1871)
- 28 June – Italo Balbo, Italian Fascist leader (b. 1896)
- 10 July – Pietro Frugoni, Italian general (b. 1851)