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Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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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.
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Benito Mussolini

Dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician and journalist who, upon assuming office as Prime Minister, became the dictator of Fascist Italy from the March on Rome in 1922 until his overthrow in 1943. He was also Duce of Italian fascism upon the establishment of…
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April 7

Day of the year

April 7 is the 97th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 268 days remain until the end of the year.
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