xx CHRONOLOGY 1909 Marconi won share of Nobel Prize. Futurist Manifesto issued. 1911 Giolitti expanded franchise. 1914 Italy maintained neutrality in World War I. Mussolini, expelled from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI), launched IIPopolo dltalia. 1915 Italy signed Pact of London declared war against Aus- tria. 1917 Italian army routed at Caporetto. 1918 Italian army drove Austrians into retreat at Vittorio Veneto. 1919 D'Annunzio occupied Fiume. The Partito Popolare (PPI) and PSI won sweeping sup- port in national elections. Mussolini formed Fascio di Combattimento at Piazza San Sepolcro (Milan). 1919-1920 "Red Biennium" ("the red years") brought food riots, lawlessness, industrial conflict and spreading violence, raising the specter of revolution. 1920 "Occupation of the factories". 1921 Fascist "punitive raids" attacked peasant leagues, and Socialist Party, labor, and newspaper offices. Mussolini elected to Chamber of Deputies, 1 of 36 Fascists. Pirandello published Six Characters in Search of an Author. 1922 Fascist March on Rome. Mussolini established Fascist Grand Council. 1924 Mussolini's national list won decisive victory in national elections.
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