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 21 September – Inauguration of the Autostrada dei Laghi, the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world. 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) Unknown – The Benito Mussolini government pass a law in 1924 requiring that every school display a Crucifix.
Births
9 January – Walkiria Terradura, anti-fascist partisan (d. 2023)Addio alla partigiana Walkiria Terradura 29 January – Luigi Nono, composer (d. 1990) 2 February – Ignazio Colnaghi, actor (d. 2017) 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)Transgender Holocaust survivor dies aged 99 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 (d. 2022) 18 December – Alberto Ablondi, bishop (d. 2010)
Deaths
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 Tito Conti, painter (b. 1842)Conti Tito Francesco Franceschi, horticulturist (b. 1843)
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