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Events from the year 1940 in Italy.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 18 March – In a meeting with Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass, Benito Mussolini undertakes to bring Italy into World War II.[1]
- 10 June – Count Ciano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Italy, relays Italy's declaration of war to André François-Poncet, the French Ambassador to Italy, declaring war on both the United Kingdom and France. This begins Italy's participation in World War II.[2]
- 28 October – Italy declares war on Greece, starting the Greco-Italian War, a theater of World War II.[3][4]
Literature and culture
[edit]- 16 March – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian writer and film director
- 31 July – Fleur Jaeggy, Swiss-Italian fiction writer
Cinema
[edit]Births
[edit]- 3 January – Leo de Berardinis, Italian stage actor, theatre director (d. 2008)[5]
- 19 January – Paolo Borsellino, judge and magistrate (d. 1992)[6]
- 17 April – Ira von Fürstenberg, socialite and actress (d. 2024)[7]
- 26 April – Giorgio Moroder, composer
- 24 June
- Augusto Fantozzi, lawyer, tax expert, academic, businessman and politician (d. 2019)[8]
- Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer[citation needed]
- 16 October – Ivan Della Mea, singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
- 24 October – Giacomo Bulgarelli, Italian association football player (d. 2009)
- 2 November – Gigi Proietti, actor, singer, and comedian (d. 2020)[9]
- 26 November – Gianni De Michelis, politician (d. 2019)[10]
- 5 December – Paolo Pillitteri, politician (d. 2024)[11]
- 18 December – Ilario Castagner, football player and manager (d. 2023)
Deaths
[edit]- 28 April – Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian opera singer (b. 1871)
- 28 June – Italo Balbo, Italian Fascist leader (b. 1896)
- 10 July – Pietro Frugoni, Italian general (b. 1851)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Burgwyn, H (1997). Italian foreign policy in the interwar period, 1918-1940. Westport, Conn: Praeger. p. 211. ISBN 9780275948771.
- ^ "1940: Italy Declares War on Britain". The New York Times. 11 June 1940. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
- ^ Karageorgiou, Kathy (28 October 2024). "'We shouldn't ignore our history': Greeks share why we must continue to celebrate OXI Day". The Greek Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ^ "HT This Day: October 29, 1940 -- Mussolini marches into Greece". Hindustan Times. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
- ^ (in Italian) Leo de Berardinis on the Italian Encyclopedia Treccani
- ^ "Obituary: Paolo Borsellino". Independent.co.uk. 20 July 1992. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01.
- ^ Princess Ira Von Fürstenberg, icon of Marbella's jet set, dies at 83
- ^ "Augusto Fantozzi, morto a Roma il tributarista che fu ministro e commissario di Alitalia". Il Fatto Quotidiano (in Italian). 13 July 2019. Retrieved 15 July 2019.
- ^ Gigi Proietti (13 November 2013). Tutto sommato: Qualcosa mi ricordo. Rizzoli. ISBN 978-8858662687.
- ^ "Biographies" (PDF). The World Politics Forum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
- ^ Milan: Former Mayor Paolo Pillitteri Dies at 84