1956 Death Pietro Badoglio, Italian general (1922-43), dies at 85 1956 Death Pietro Badoglio, Premier of Italy (1943-44), dies at 85 1944 Event U.S.S.R. recognizes Italian Badoglio government 1943 Event Eisenhower and Italian Marshal Pietro Badoglio sign an armistice 1940 Event Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia 1871 Birthday Pietro Badoglio, Italy, general/Libya Governor, 1928 - 1933, Prime Minister of Italy, 1943 - 1944