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.
Births 2 January – Alberto Zedda, conductor and musicologist (died 2017) 9 January – Domenico Modugno, singer, songwriter, actor and politician (died 1994) 5 June – Umberto Maglioli, racing driver (died 1999) 6 June – Elio Sgreccia, cardinal (died 2019) 29 June – Alfredo Biondi, politician and lawyer (died 2020) 4 July – Giampiero Boniperti, footballer (died 2021) 26 July – Francesco Cossiga, 8th President of Italy (died 2010) 13 September – Franzo Grande Stevens, lawyer (died 2025) 16 October – Nando Gazzolo, actor (died 2015) 22 December Piero Angela, writer, journalist and television presenter Luisa Massimo, pediatrician (died 2016)
Deaths 28 February – Armando Diaz, 66, general, Marshal of Italy 31 March – Medardo Rosso, 70, sculptor 25 May (lost in the crash of the airship Italia) Aldo Pontremoli, 32, physicist Renato Alessandrini, 37, explorer 17 July – Giovanni Giolitti, 85, 13th Prime Minister of ItalyGiovanni Giolitti, DIZIONARIO BIOGRAFICO
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