{"slug": "benito-mussolini", "label": "Benito Mussolini", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito_Mussolini", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23559", "qid": "Q23559", "description": "dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [1914, 1945], "span_label": ["1914 CE", "1945 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 4}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 3}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "milan", "label": "Milan", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "eritrea", "label": "Eritrea", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "italy", "label": "Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "march", "label": "March", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "adolf-hitler", "label": "Adolf Hitler", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "prime-minister-of-italy", "label": "Prime Minister of Italy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "vatican-city", "label": "Vatican City", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "pope-pius-xi", "label": "Pope Pius XI", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1914, "year_label": "1914 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Benito Mussolini is expelled from the Italian Socialist Party.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373518346#November", "title": "1914", "revid": 1373518346, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1919, "year_label": "1919 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 23", "text": "March 23 – Benito Mussolini founds his Italian Fascist political movement in Milan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373508849#March", "title": "1919", "revid": 1373508849, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1922, "year_label": "1922 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 28", "text": "October 28 – In Italy, the March on Rome brings the National Fascist Party and Benito Mussolini to power. 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