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Events on Tuesday 9 May 1978 1
1978Kidnapping and murder of Aldo MoroRed Brigades abduct and kill Italy's former prime ministerThe Marxist Red Brigades kidnapped former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro in Rome, killing his five bodyguards. He was held for 55 days and murdered after the Italian government refused to negotiate, one of the defining crises of Italy's "Years of Lead".