1938 in Italy

Italy-related events during the year of 1938

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Events from the year 1938 in Italy.

Incumbents

King: Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini

Events

30 March – Prime minister Benito Mussolini is granted the same level of power over the Italian military as that of King Victor Emmanuel III, taking the title First Marshal of the Empire.^[1]
19 June – Italy wins the FIFA World Cup by defeating Hungary, 4–2, in the final game at the Stade Olympique de Colombes in Paris, France.^[2]

Births

8 March – Bruno Pizzul, sports journalist
21 March – Luigi Tenco, singer-songwriter (died 1967)
21 June – Mario Minieri, road bicycle racer
19 July – Sergio Martino, film director and producer
16 August – Cosimo Nocera, footballer (died 2012)
23 August – Celestina Casapietra, operatic soprano (died 2024)^[3]
28 August – Maurizio Costanzo, television news reporter (died 2023)^[4]

Deaths

January 4 – Paola Drigo, novelist (born 1876)^[5]
February 9 – Arturo Caprotti, engineer and architect (born 1881)

References

^ Dante L. Germino (1959). The Italian Fascist Party in Power: A Study in Totalitarian Rule. U of Minnesota Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-8166-6034-6.
^ "World Cup 1938 finals". RSSSF. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
^ Kutsch, K.-J.; Riemens, Leo (2012). "Casapietra, Celestina". Großes Sängerlexikon (in German) (4th ed.). Walter de Gruyter. p. 749. ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5.
^ "Maurizio Costanzo, Who Transformed Italian Talk Shows, Dies at 84". New York Times. 1 March 2023.
^ Katharina M. Wilson; M. Wilson (1991). An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. Taylor & Francis. p. 333. ISBN 978-0-8240-8547-6.

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