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2nd June 1946: Italians vote in a referendum to abolish the monarchy and turn their country into a republic

2nd June 2022
Tagged as: Government, Italy, Monarchy, Mussolini, Politics, Referendum, Republic, Republicanism, Second World War, Umberto II, Victor Emmanuel III

More than 89% of eligible Italian citizens voted in the referendum, with 54.3% voting in favour of turning the country into a republic.

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31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

31st October 2021
Tagged as: Blackshirts, Fascism, Italy, March on Rome, Mussolini, Revolution, Rome, Victor Emmanuel III

Mussolini, who was determined to restore the glory of the Roman Empire following the ‘mutilated victory’ of the First World War, had formed the precursor to the Fascist Party in 1919.

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2nd June 1946: Italians vote in a referendum to abolish the monarchy and turn their country into a republic

31st October 1922: The cabinet of Benito Mussolini formally takes power in Italy

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

31st January 1983: It became compulsory for drivers in the UK to wear a seat belt

30th January 1649: Execution of King Charles I of England, Scotland and Ireland outside the Banqueting House in London

29th January 1942: Desert Island Discs, the longest-running radio show in the UK, first broadcast

28th January 1986: NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger breaks apart 73 seconds after launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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