Event anniversary

Italian constitutional referendum, 1946

Took place on June 2, 1946

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The 81st anniversary falls on June 2, 2027, in 220 days.

An institutional referendum (Italian: referendum istituzionale, or referendum sulla forma istituzionale dello Stato) was held by universal suffrage in the Kingdom of Italy on 2 June 1946, a key event of contemporary Italian history.

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