1924 in Italy
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Events in the year 1924 in the Kingdom of Italy.
Incumbents[edit]
Events[edit]
- 27 January – Treaty of Rome (1924)[3]
- 6 April – Italian general election, 1924
- 21 September – Inauguration of the Autostrada dei Laghi, the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world.[1][2]
- 6 October – 1-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services
Sport[edit]
- 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)
Unknown[edit]
- – The Benito Mussolini government pass a law in 1924 requiring that every school display a Crucifix.[4][5]
Births[edit]
- 9 January – Walkiria Terradura, anti-fascist partisan (d. 2023)[6]
- 29 January – Luigi Nono, composer (d. 1990)[7]
- 2 February – Ignazio Colnaghi, actor (d. 2017)[8]
- 8 March – Walter Chiari, actor (d. 1991)
- 23 April – Rossana Rossanda, politician and journalist (d. 2020)
- 30 June – Maino Neri, footballer (d. 1995)
- 9 July – Domenico Pace, fencer (d. 2022)
- 13 July - Carlo Bergonzi, operatic tenor (d. 2014)
- 4 August – Antonio Maccanico, Italian constitutional specialist, social liberal politician (d. 2013)
- 12 August – Lucy Salani, political activist (d. 2023)[9]
- 25 August – Sergio Bergonzelli, director, screenwriter, producer and actor (d. 2002)
- 19 September – Rosario Mazzola, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2018)
- 8 November – Gino Scarpa, painter, printmaker and sculptor[10] (d. 2022)
- 18 December – Alberto Ablondi, bishop (d. 2010)
Deaths[edit]
- 8 April – Fiorenzo Bava Beccaris, general, known for the Bava Beccaris massacre (b. 1831)
- 10 June – Giacomo Matteotti, politician (b. 1885)
- 17 July – Ricciotti Garibaldi, soldier (b. 1847)
Full date missing[edit]
- Tito Conti, painter (b. 1842)[11]
- Francesco Franceschi, horticulturist (b. 1843)
References[edit]
- ^ a b Lenarduzzi, Thea (30 January 2016). "The motorway that built Italy: Piero Puricelli's masterpiece". The Independent. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ a b "The "Milano-Laghi" by Piero Puricelli, the first motorway in the world". Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "Fiume question | European history | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ^ "Italians get emotional about crucifix". NBC News.
- ^ "ECtHR, Lautsi and Others v. Italy, Grand Chamber Decision, App. No. 30814/06 (2011), excerpt".
- ^ Addio alla partigiana Walkiria Terradura (in Italian)
- ^ Larry Sitsky (2002). Music of the Twentieth-century Avant-garde: A Biocritical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-313-29689-5.
- ^ "Obituary on Corriere della sera" (in Italian). 26 November 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Transgender Holocaust survivor dies aged 99
- ^ Hurum, Vibeke. "Gino Scarpa". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Conti Tito