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  • Jul 29, 1883
    Italian dictator Benito Mussolini is born in Dovia di Predappio, Italy. After forming an alliance with Germany at the outset of World War II, he's referenced in Carson Robison's hit "Mussolini's Letter To Hitler" and Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water"
    Apr 28, 1945
    Deposed dictator Benito Mussolini is hung in Mezzegra, Italy, in the closing days of World War II. Just months earlier, his name had appeared in the lyrics of a hillbilly hit: Red Foley's "Smoke On The Water"

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