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Italian dictator Benito Mussolini survived an assassination attempt by Irishwoman Violet Gibson.
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Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943
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Violet Gibson
Failed assassin of Mussolini (1876–1956)
Violet Albina Gibson was an Irish woman who attempted to assassinate Benito Mussolini in 1926. She was released without charge but spent the rest of her life in a psychiatric hospital in England.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)