1938 in Italy
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Events from the year 1938 in Italy.
Incumbents
[edit]Events
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- January 4 – Paola Drigo, novelist (born 1876)[5]
- February 9 – Arturo Caprotti, engineer and architect (born 1881)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.