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On This Day, July 29: Italian King Umberto I assassinated

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On July 29, 1900, Italian King Umberto I was shot to death by Gaetano Bresci, an Italian-born anarchist who resided in the United States before returning to his homeland to kill the king.

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On the evening of July 29, 1900, three shots were fired in Monza. They met Italy's King Umberto I, who succumbed to his injuries. Previously, the monarch had survived two assassinations.

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On 29 July 1900, Gaetano Bresci fired three pistols at the Italian king Humbert 1er who came in a coach to award a gymnastics prize in Monza Park. Gaetano Bresci was born on 10 November 1869 in Coiano di Prato in Tuscany (Italy) in a family of small peasants. He worked very young in a spinning plant and quickly became a skilled worker. From the age of 15, he attended Prato's anarchist circle. He was first sentenced in 1892 to 15 days in prison f…

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UPI broke the news in Washington, United States on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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