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1925
The following lists events that occurred in 1925 in the Kingdom of Italy.
Incumbents
King – Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini
Events
November
4 November – Italian socialist deputy and expert marksman Tito Zaniboni took a hotel room opposite the Palazzo Chigi with the intent of shooting Benito Mussolini with a telescopic rifle when he came out to the balcony to make a speech. Police had been tipped off by an intercepted phone call and stopped the would-be assassin.Bell J. Bowyer Assassin: Theory and Practice of Political Violence (Third Ed.) New Brunswick, New Jersey Transaction Publishers 231 1412805090 Clark Martin Mussolini: Profiles in Power New York Routledge 978-0-582-06595-6 registration https://archive.org/details/mussolini00clar
7 November – Several Italian opposition leaders were arrested in connection with the assassination attempt on Benito Mussolini.Rue Larry November 8, 1925 Jail Enemies of Mussolini for Plotting Death Chicago Daily Tribune 5
12 November – The Italian government agreed to repay its war debt to the United States with a fixed interest rate of 0.4 percent.http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1925.htm Chronology 1925 2002 indiana.edu 2015-03-15 2020-04-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20200402163002/http://www.indiana.edu/~league/1925.htm dead
December
24 December – The Decree on the Powers of the Head of the Government is passed, giving Mussolini sole executive power over parliament and solidifying the one party, police state of Fascist Italy. Mussolini's title is formally changed from "president of the Council of Ministers" to "head of the government". From here on, he is known as Il Duce, the supreme leader.Pollard, John F. (1998). The Fascist Experience in Italy. Routledge. pp. 55-57. 9780415116312. 37513049.
Births
1 January – Mario Merz, artist (d. 2003)
4 January – Enrico Perucconi, athlete (d. 2020)
5 January – Marcello Costalunga, Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2010)
16 February – Romolo Bizzotto, football player and coach (d. 2017)
9 July – Mary de Rachewiltz, poet and translator (d. 2026)
Companies founded
The house of Fendi was launched in 1925 by Adele and Edoardo Fendi
References
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