1924 in Italy

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See also:	Other events of 1924 History of Italy  • Timeline  •  Years

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[]

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

• 8 March – Walter Chiari, actor (d. )

• 23 April – Rossana Rossanda, politician and journalist (d. 2020)

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

• 9 July – Domenico Pace, fencer

• 4 August – Antonio Maccanico, Italian constitutional specialist, social liberal politician (d. 2013)

• 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.^[2]

• 18 December – Alberto Ablondi, bishop (d. 2010)

Deaths[]

• 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)

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