1923 in Italy

Events from the year 1923 in Italy.

Incumbents

King – Victor Emmanuel III Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini

Events

28 March – Regia Aeronautica, the air force of Italy, is founded. 18 June – Mount Etna erupts in Italy, making 60,000 homeless 18 November – The Acerbo Law goes into effect giving Mussolini's fascist party a majority of deputies. The law was used only in the 1924 general election, which was the last competitive election held in Italy until 1946. 1 December – In Italy, the Gleno Dam on the Gleno River, in the Valle di Scalve in the northern province of Bergamo bursts, killing at least 356 people

Births

1 January – Valentina Cortese, actress 10 February – Cesare Siepi, opera singer 12 February – Franco Zeffirelli, filmmaker 7 June – Giorgio Belladonna, bridge player 15 October – Italo Calvino, writer and journalist

Deaths

19 August – Vilfredo Pareto, polymath (b. 1848)

See also

1923 in Italian television List of Italian films of 1923

References