Italy's King Assassinated (1900): On the evening of July 30, anarchist Angelo Bresci shot the king of Italy, King Umberto I, three times. The assassination was in retaliation for a violently crushed 1898 labor revolt. His son, Victor Emmanuel III, succeeded him.
1900 - Italy's King Assassinated
By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com
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