1928 in Italy

Events during the year 1928 in Italy.

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Victor Emmanuel III
 * Prime Minister: Benito Mussolini

Events

 * April 12 – A bomb, directed against Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini, kills 18 people at the Milan Trade Fair.
 * May 24 – The airship Italia reaches the North Pole, with expedition leader Umberto Nobile on board. The ship crashes on its return journey.
 * June 24 – Umberto Nobile and survivors of the crash of the airship Italia are rescued by the crew of a Swedish aeroplane.
 * August 2 – Italy and Ethiopia sign the Italo-Ethiopian Treaty.

Births

 * January 2 – Alberto Zedda, conductor and musicologist (died 2017)
 * January 9 – Domenico Modugno, singer, songwriter, actor and politician (died 1994)
 * June 5 – Umberto Maglioli, racing driver (died 1999)
 * June 6 – Elio Sgreccia, cardinal (died 2019)
 * June 29 – Alfredo Biondi, politician and lawyer (died 2020)
 * July 4 – Giampiero Boniperti, footballer (died 2021)
 * July 26 – Francesco Cossiga, 8th President of Italy (died 2010)
 * October 16 – Nando Gazzolo, actor and voice actor (died 2015)
 * December 22
 * Piero Angela, writer, journalist and television presenter
 * Luisa Massimo, pediatrician (died 2016)

Deaths

 * February 28 – Armando Diaz, 66, general, Marshal of Italy
 * March 31 – Medardo Rosso, 70, sculptor
 * May 25 (lost in the crash of the airship Italia)
 * Aldo Pontremoli, 32, physicist
 * Renato Alessandrini, 37, explorer
 * July 17 – Giovanni Giolitti, 85, 13th Prime Minister of Italy