1-01-1948 The new Constitution of the Republic affirms that "Italy is a democratic republic, founded on work". [more]
3-01-1894 The government declared a state of siege and sent 40,000 troops to Sicily to crush a powerful movement of agricultural workers who were fighting for better wages & land redistribution, killing dozens and jailing 1000. [more]
30-01-1893 Pietro Tresso, one of the founders of Italian Trotskyism, born. Later executed by Stalinists in the French Resistance [more]