July 29, 2006

Umberto I of Italy Assassinated

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Umberto I, son of Vittorio Emanuele II of the House of Savoy, was the King of Italy from January 9, 1878 until his death. Officially nicknamed "the Good," he was deeply loathed in left-wing circles because of his hard-line conservatism and support of the Bava Beccaris massacre in Milan. He was the only modern King of Italy to be assassinated. How many attempts on his life did he escape before he was killed?
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