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1945: Communists Execute Benito Mussolini and his Mistress Clara Petacci

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1945: Communists Execute Benito Mussolini and his Mistress Clara Petacci

Benito Mussolini was captured by Italian communist partisans when he tried to escape from Italy to Switze ...

Benito Mussolini was captured by Italian communist partisans when he tried to escape from Italy to Switzerland at the end of the World War II. He was arrested in Dongo, only 12 kilometers from the Sw ...

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1272: St. Zita – the Highly Revered Saint from Tuscany

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1272: St. Zita – the Highly Revered Saint from Tuscany

St. Zita died in the Italian city of Lucca on this day in 1272. She is the patron saint of maids, houseke ...

St. Zita died in the Italian city of Lucca on this day in 1272. She is the patron saint of maids, housekeepers and servers. St. Zita was born in Tuscany in the early 13th century, which means that she ...

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1945: Benito Mussolini Arrested while Trying to Escape from Italy

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1945: Benito Mussolini Arrested while Trying to Escape from Italy

On this day, when World War II was drawing to a close, fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was arrested whi ...

On this day, when World War II was drawing to a close, fascist dictator Benito Mussolini was arrested while trying to escape to Switzerland. He was arrested by Italian communist partisans, in the tow ...

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1472: Leon Battista Alberti – The Ingenious Predecessor of Leonardo da Vinci

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1472: Leon Battista Alberti – The Ingenious Predecessor of Leonardo da Vinci

Leon Battista Alberti, probably the earliest example of a versatile Renaissance man, like the one Leonard ...

Leon Battista Alberti, probably the earliest example of a versatile Renaissance man, like the one Leonardo da Vinci later became, died on this day. Namely, Alberti was born nearly half a century befor ...

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1071: Robert Guiscard Conquers Bari – The end of Byzantine Presence in Italy

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1071: Robert Guiscard Conquers Bari – The end of Byzantine Presence in Italy

Robert Guiscard was the son of the Norman nobleman Tancred de Hauteville from northern France. Troops und ...

Robert Guiscard was the son of the Norman nobleman Tancred de Hauteville from northern France. Troops under Robert Guiscard took the city of Bari on this date in 1071. This marked the end of the Byzan ...

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1452: Leonardo da Vinci’s Maternal Ancestry was possibly not European

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1452: Leonardo da Vinci’s Maternal Ancestry was possibly not European

The famous Leonardo da Vinci, probably one of the most intelligent people who ever lived, was born on thi ...

The famous Leonardo da Vinci, probably one of the most intelligent people who ever lived, was born on this day in the small Tuscan town of Vinci. He was the illegitimate son of a wealthy nobleman and ...

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1939: The Coppola Family – A Hollywood Dynasty with a Collection of Oscars

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1939: The Coppola Family – A Hollywood Dynasty with a Collection of Oscars

On this day the famous film director Francis Ford Coppola was born. He gained lasting fame with the Godfa ...

On this day the famous film director Francis Ford Coppola was born. He gained lasting fame with the Godfather series of films, but is also known for directing other films during his career (he won a t ...

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924: Death of Berengar I – The Last Italian Crowned Emperor in Rome

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924: Death of Berengar I – The Last Italian Crowned Emperor in Rome

Berengar of Friuli was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John X. Emperor Berengar I, a man descended ...

Berengar of Friuli was crowned the Holy Roman Emperor by Pope John X. Emperor Berengar I, a man descended from an Italian noble family from Friuli, died on this day in 924. Berengar was the last man o ...

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