1924 in Italy explained

Events in the year 1924 in the Kingdom of Italy.

Events

27 January – Treaty of Rome (1924)^[1]
6 April – Italian general election, 1924
21 September – Inauguration of the Autostrada dei Laghi, the first controlled-access highway ever built in the world.^[2] ^[3]
6 October – 1-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services

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)

– The Benito Mussolini government pass a law in 1924 requiring that every school display a Crucifix.^[4] ^[5]

9 January – Walkiria Terradura, anti-fascist partisan (d. 2023)^[6]
29 January – Luigi Nono, composer (d. 1990)^[7]
2 February – Ignazio Colnaghi, actor (d. 2017)^[8]
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)^[9]
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^[10] (d. 2022)
18 December – Alberto Ablondi, bishop (d. 2010)

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)