On this day, 81 years ago, on January 8, 1944 (December 13, 1943 in the lunar calendar), Mussolini sentenced Ciano and others to death. On January 8, 1944, under Hitler's threat, Mussolini sentenced Marshal Debono, a member of the Italian Supreme Council of Fascism, to death, including Mussolini's son-in-law and former Italian Foreign Minister Ciano, for voting against Mussolini on July 24, 1943. The death penalty was carried out on the 11th.