• Source: 1940 in Italy

Events from the year 1940 in Italy.




Incumbents


King: Victor Emmanuel III
Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini




Events


18 March – In a meeting with Adolf Hitler at the Brenner Pass, Benito Mussolini undertakes to bring Italy into World War II.




Literature and culture



16 March – Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian writer and film director
31 July – Fleur Jaeggy, Swiss-Italian fiction writer




Cinema






Births


3 January – Leo de Berardinis, Italian stage actor, theatre director (d. 2008)
19 January – Paolo Borsellino, judge and magistrate (d. 1992)
17 April – Ira von Fürstenberg, socialite and actress (d. 2024)
26 April – Giorgio Moroder, composer
24 June
Augusto Fantozzi, lawyer, tax expert, academic, businessman and politician (d. 2019)
Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer
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)
26 November – Gianni De Michelis, politician (d. 2019)
18 December – Ilario Castagner, footballer and manager




Deaths



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


Italian Campaign (World War II)




References

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