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Events on Wednesday 7 April 1926 1
1926Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate MussoliniIrish aristocrat shoots and wounds the Italian dictatorOn 7 April 1926, Violet Gibson, an Irish noblewoman, shot Benito Mussolini in Rome, grazing his nose. She was overpowered by the crowd and later declared insane and deported to Britain rather than tried in Italy.