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1924 In Italy
Events in the year 1924 in the Kingdom of Italy. Incumbents *King – Victor Emmanuel III *Prime Minister – Benito Mussolini Events *27 January – Treaty of Rome (1924) *6 April – Italian general election, 1924 *6 October – 1-RO begins regular radio broadcasting services Sport *25 January to 5 February – Italy participated at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix, with 23 competitors in 4 sports *4 May to 27 July – Italy participated at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Paris, with 200 competitors in 18 sports, winning a total of 16 medals (8 gold, 3 silver and 5 bronze) Unknown * – The Benito Mussolini government pass a law in 1924 requiring that every school display a Crucifix. Births *9 January – Walkiria Terradura, anti-fascist partisan (d. 2023) * 29 January – Luigi Nono, composer (d. 1990) *2 February – Ignazio Colnaghi, actor (d. 2017) *8 March – Walter Chiari, actor (d. 1991) *23 April – Rossana Rossanda, politician and journalist (d. 2020) *30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Italy
The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a state that existed from 1861, when Victor Emmanuel II of Kingdom of Sardinia, Sardinia was proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy, proclaimed King of Italy, until 1946, when civil discontent led to an 1946 Italian institutional referendum, institutional referendum to abandon the monarchy and form the modern Italy, Italian Republic. The state resulted from a decades-long process, the ''Italian unification, Risorgimento'', of consolidating the different states of the Italian Peninsula into a single state. That process was influenced by the House of Savoy, Savoy-led Kingdom of Sardinia, which can be considered Italy's legal Succession of states, predecessor state. Italy Third Italian War of Independence, declared war on Austrian Empire, Austria in alliance with Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia in 1866 and received the region of Veneto following their victory. Italian troops Capture of Rome, entered Rome in 1870, ending Papal States, more tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 In Italy
Events during the year 2017 in Italy. Incumbents * President: Sergio Mattarella * Prime Minister: Paolo Gentiloni Events * 18 January **January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes; 34 people are killed. **Rigopiano avalanche; 29 people are killed when the Hotel Rigopiano is demolished by an avalanche, following a series of earthquakes in the Abruzzo region. * 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona with 16 people dead. * 11 February – Francesco Gabbani won Sanremo Music Festival 2017 by his YouTube sensational song Occidentali's Karma and went on to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017. * 26–27 May – The 43rd G7 summit was held in Taormina *3 June - 2017 Turin stampede *21 August - 2017 Ischia earthquake; two people were killed and 42 others were injured. *13 November - Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 0–1 aggregate loss to Sweden in the two-leg play-off, missing World Cup for the first time since 1958. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Scarpa
Gino Scarpa (8 November 1924 – 4 December 2022) was an Italian-born Norwegian painter, printmaker, sculptor and mountaineer. Scarpa was born in Venice, where he also grew up, to inspector Silvio Scarpa and Linda Gaggio. He studied architecture in Venice, and printmaking in Malmö. He worked several years as mountain guide in the Dolomites, until he moved to Copenhagen in 1958, where he established himself as a full-time artist. He moved to Oslo in 1970, and became a Norwegian citizen in 1978. He is represented in the National Gallery of Norway with the painting ''Daggry'' from 1978, as well as prints. He is represented in the Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art in Oslo with the sculptures ''Signum'' (1972) and ''Bølge'' (1973). Scarpa died in Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Italy
Events during the year 2018 in Italy. Incumbents * President: Sergio Mattarella * Prime Minister: Paolo Gentiloni (until 1 June), Giuseppe Conte (starting 1 June) Events *January 15 – Attilio Fontana stated during the 2018 Lombard regional election that the white race and the Western culture were in danger due to the migration flows from Africa. This created lot of protests and criticisms from the centre-left Democratic Party and also the anti-establishment Five Star Movement. *January 30 – 18-year-old Italian woman Pamela Mastropietro is murdered soon after in Macerata, having been stabbed to death. her body is found severely mutilated, hidden in two suitcases, with the case prompting significant public outrage. Three Nigerian immigrants are later arrested in connection to the case. *February 3 – in Macerata a 28 year old Italian shot and injured six African immigrants in a drive-by shooting incident that was described as an act of revenge motivated by the murd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario Mazzola
Rosario Mazzola (19 September 1924 – 24 December 2018) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of Cefalù from 1988 to 2000. Life Mazzola studied at the seminary of Palermo. He was ordained a priest on 16 July 1950, by Ernesto Ruffini, archbishop of Palermo and future cardinal. After he worked as a parson, Mazzola was appointed auxiliary bishop of Palermo in June 1982. He was consecrated on 4 September 1982 by Cardinal Salvatore Pappalardo. On 23 July 1988, Pope John Paul II Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ... appointed him bishop of Cefalù. In March 1995, he said that the Mafia activities in Sicily are a 'disgrace'. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 In Italy ...
Events during the year 2002 in Italy. Incumbents * President: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi * Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi Events * 30 January – Cogne case * 18 April – 2002 Pirelli Tower plane crash * 28 May – 2002 Rome summit * 31 October – 2002 Molise earthquakes Sports *2002 Giro d'Italia * 2002 Milan Indoor *2002 Milan–San Remo *2002 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix *2002 San Marino Grand Prix *Serie B 2001–02 *Serie B 2002–03 Arts *59th Venice International Film Festival {{Year in Europe, 2002 Italy 2000s in Italy Years of the 21st century in Italy Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Bergonzelli
Sergio Bergonzelli (25 August 1924 – 24 September 2002) was an Italian director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Life and career Born in Alba, Cuneo, Bergonzelli graduated in Philosophy, then he started working as an actor with the stage name Siro Carme. After being assistant and second unit director in a number of genre films, in 1960 he made his debut as director and screenwriter with '' Seven in the Sun''. Also a film producer, Bergonzelli was the first to produce Spaghetti Western films entirely shot in Italy. In the 1970s he specialized in the erotic genre. Selected filmography ;Director * '' Seven in the Sun'' (1960)* * '' The Last Gun'' (1964) * '' Stranger in Sacramento'' (1965)* * ''The Sea Pirate'' (1966) * '' M.M.M. 83'' (1966)* * ''Colt in the Hand of the Devil'' (1967)* * '' In the Folds of the Flesh'' (1970) * '' Blood Delirium'' (N/A)* * '*' denotes he wrote the screenplay ;Actor * ''Messalina'' (1951) * '' The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo'' (1952) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucy Salani
Lucy Salani (12 August 1924 – 22 March 2023) was an Italian activist and the only known Italian transgender person to have survived the Nazi concentration camps. Born in Fossano and raised in Bologna, Salani was understood to be a gay man before undergoing gender-affirming surgery later in her life. An anti-fascist, Salani deserted both the fascist Italian and the Nazi German armies during World War II before being caught and deported to Dachau concentration camp in 1944, where she remained until the liberation of the camp by the United States Armed Forces in April 1945. Following her liberation and the end of the war, Salani lived in Rome, Turin and Paris before completing her transition in London. She then returned to Bologna in the 1980s, eventually spending the rest of her life in the city. Her life story gained public attention during the 2010s, as writer and director dedicated a biography and a documentary to her. Biography Early life Lucy Salani was born as Luc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 In Italy
Events in the year 2013 in Italy. Incumbents *President: Giorgio Napolitano *Prime Minister: Mario Monti (until 28 April), Enrico Letta (starting 28 April) Events *January 4: The plane carrying Italian stylist Vittorio Missoni crashes in the ocean near Los Roques, Venezuela. *February 11: Benedict XVI announced his resignation as Pope *February 12–16: Marco Mengoni won the Sanremo Music Festival. *February 25: In the general election centre-left coalition led by Pier Luigi Bersani won an absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies but in the Senate no party won an outright majority. The anti-establishment Five Star Movement, led by Beppe Grillo, became the first party of the country with 25.5% of votes. *March 13: Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio his elected Pope with the name of Francis. *April 2: Zafferana Etnea, a small tourist town in the province of Catania, was covered in ash after Mount Etna erupted. *April 20: Giorgio Napolitano was re-elected President with 738 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Maccanico
Antonio Maccanico (4 August 1924 – 23 April 2013) was an Italian constitutional specialist and social liberal politician, who served in various capacities in the parliament and federal administrations of Italy. Early life and education Maccanico was born on 4 August 1924 in Avellino. He graduated in law at the University of Pisa in 1946. Career Maccanico began his career at the house of deputies as a referendary in June 1947. He worked in different commissions in the house. He also served as the general secretary in the office of the Italian President Sandro Pertini for nine years. He was the president of Italian investment bank, Mediobanca, from 1987 to 1988 which was privatised during his term. He succeeded Enrico Cuccia in the aforementioned post. Maccanico was appointed minister of regional affairs and institutional problems on 13 April 1988 and was in office until 13 April 1991. However, no significant institutional reforms were developed during his tenure. He was electe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Bergonzi (tenor)
Carlo Bergonzi (13 July 1924 – 25 July 2014) was an Italian operatic tenor. Although he performed and recorded some bel canto and verismo roles, he was above all associated with the operas of Giuseppe Verdi, including many of the composer's lesser known works he helped revive. He sang more than forty other roles throughout his career. Biography Early life Bergonzi was born in Polesine Parmense, near Parma in Northern Italy, on 13 July 1924. He was an only child."Carlo-Bergonzi-obituary" ''The Telegraph'' (London), 27 July 2014 on telegraph.co.uk He later claimed he saw his first opera, Verdi’s '''', when he was six years old. He sang in church, and so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Pace
Domenico Pace (9 July 1924 – 16 August 2022) was an Italian fencer. He competed in the team sabre event at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 1951 Mediterranean Games The 1951 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the I Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Alexandria 1951, were the 1st Mediterranean Games. The Games were held for 15 days from 5 to 20 October 1951 in Alexandria, Egypt, where 734 athlet ... where he won a gold medal in the team sabre event. References External links * 1924 births 2022 deaths Italian male fencers Olympic fencers for Italy Fencers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1951 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in fencing Sportspeople from Padua {{Italy-fencing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
