On This Day in History: The First Attempt to Assassinate King Umberto I
On 17 November 1878, Italy’s King Umberto I narrowly survived the first attempt on his life during a visit to Naples.
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On this day in history: Birth of an assassin
10th November 1869, saw the birth of an assassin. Gaetano Bresci was born in Coiano, a small village near Prato in Tuscany. Thirty years later, he would assassinate the king of Italy, Umberto I.
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