1928 in Italy
Events during the year 1928 in Italy.
Incumbents
Events
- 12 April – A bomb, directed against Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, kills 18 people at the Milan Trade Fair.
- 24 May – The airship Italia reaches the North Pole, with expedition leader Umberto Nobile on board. The ship crashes on its return journey.
- 24 June – Umberto Nobile and survivors of the crash of the airship Italia are rescued by the crew of a Swedish aeroplane.
- 2 August – Italy and Ethiopia sign the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty.
Births
- 2 January – Alberto Zedda, conductor and musicologist
- 9 January – Domenico Modugno, singer, songwriter, actor and politician
- 5 June – Umberto Maglioli, racing driver
- 6 June – Elio Sgreccia, cardinal
- 29 June – Alfredo Biondi, politician and lawyer
- 4 July – Giampiero Boniperti, footballer
- 26 July – Francesco Cossiga, 8th President of Italy
- 13 September – Franzo Grande Stevens, lawyer
- 16 October – Nando Gazzolo, actor
- 22 December
- * Piero Angela, writer, journalist and television presenter
- * Luisa Massimo, pediatrician
Deaths
- 28 February – Armando Diaz, 66, general, Marshal of Italy
- 31 March – Medardo Rosso, 70, sculptor
- 25 May
- *Aldo Pontremoli, 32, physicist
- *Renato Alessandrini, 37, explorer
- 17 July – Giovanni Giolitti, 85, 13th Prime Minister of Italy