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1928 in Italy

overview of Italy-related events during the year of 1928

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 17, 2025
Entity authorityQ2811457 ↗
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Events during the year 1928 in Italy.

Incumbents

Monarch: Victor Emmanuel III

Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini

Events

12 April – A bomb, directed against Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, kills 18 people at the Milan Trade Fair.

24 May – The airship Italia reaches the North Pole, with expedition leader Umberto Nobile on board. The ship crashes on its return journey.

24 June – Umberto Nobile and survivors of the crash of the airship Italia are rescued by the crew of a Swedish aeroplane.

2 August – Italy and Ethiopia sign the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty.

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The public source identifies “1928 in Italy” as overview of Italy-related events during the year of 1928. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Italy, overview and Italy-related.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Italy, overview and Italy-related providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “1928 in Italy” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.