1924 in Italy

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Events in the year 1924 in the Kingdom of Italy.

Incumbents

• King – Victor Emmanuel III
• Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini

Events

• 27 January – Treaty of Rome (1924)

• 6 April – Italian general election, 1924

• 6 October – 1-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services

Sport

• 25 January to 5 February – Italy participated at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, with 23 competitors in 4 sports

• 4 May to 27 July – 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)

Births

Ignazio Colnaghi in 1959

• 2 February – Ignazio Colnaghi, actor (d. 2017).[1]

• 23 April – Rossana Rossanda, politician and journalist

• 30 June – Maino Neri, footballer (d. 1995)

• 9 July – Domenico Pace, fencer

• 8 November – Gino Scarpa, painter, printmaker and sculptor.[2]

Deaths

Eleonora Duse

• 8 April – Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, general, known for the Bava Beccaris massacre (b. 1831)

• 21 April – Eleonora Duse, actress (b. 1858)

• 10 June – Giacomo Matteotti, politician (b. 1885)

• 17 July – Ricciotti Garibaldi, soldier (b. 1847)

Full date missing

• Tito Conti, painter (b. 1842).[3]
• Francesco Franceschi, horticulturist (b. 1843)

References

1. "Obituary on Corriere della sera" (in Italian). 26 November 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
2. Hurum, Vibeke. "Gino Scarpa". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
3. Conti Tito