Events during the year 1993 in Italy.

Incumbents

* President: Oscar Luigi Scalfaro * Prime Minister: :*

Giuliano Amato Giuliano Amato (; born 13 May 1938) is an Italian politician who twice served as Prime Minister of Italy, first from 1992 to 1993 and again from 2000 to 2001. Later, he was Vice President of the Convention on the Future of Europe that drafted t ...

(until 28 April) :* Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (from 28 April)

Events

*15 January-

Palermo Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan ...

: Totò Riina, head of the Cosa Nostra, is arrested by the carabinieri of the Special Operational Group. He had been a fugitive for 24 years * 16 January- Florence: Pietro Pacciani is arrested on charges of being the monster of Florence. * February 27 - Sanremo: at the 43rd edition of the Italian Song Festival, Enrico Ruggeri wins with Mistero. * April 28 - the government led by Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, the first non-parliamentary Prime Minister in the history of the Italian Republic, takes office. * April 29 - Rome: the Chamber of Deputies denies the authorization to proceed for some proceedings against the former secretary of the PSI Bettino Craxi. Following the vote, two ministers of the

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and the green Rutelli leave the Ciamp government. *April 30- Rome: PSI secretary Bettino Craxi is welcomed in front of the Hotel Raphael in Rome, where he lived, by numerous demonstrators who begin throwing coins at him in protest. * May 14- in Rome there is an attack in via Fauro by the mafia. *May 27 - Florence: massacre of Via dei Georgofili by Cosa Nostra. A car bomb explodes near the Uffizi Gallery: the toll is 5 dead and 30 injured. The Mafia is suspected. * June 3 - Milazzo (ME): an explosion occurred inside the Mediterranean refinery kills seven workers. * July 26- the Christian Democrats, uninterruptedly ruling party since the war, decides its formal dissolution to give life to the

Italian Popular Party The Italian People's Party ( it, Partito Popolare Italiano, PPI), also translated as Italian Popular Party, was a Christian-democratic political party in Italy inspired by Catholic social teaching. It was active in the 1920s, but fell apart b ...

. * July 27 - Milan: Massacre of Via Palestro by Cosa Nostra: a car bomb explodes in Via Palestro at the Contemporary Art Pavilion, causing 5 deaths (three firefighters, a municipal police officer and a street vendor) and 12 injured. A few minutes later two bombs explode in Rome at the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano and the Church of San Giorgio al Velabro. * August 4- Rome: the new electoral law is approved, nicknamed " Mattarellum" after the rapporteur Sergio Mattarella. *September 15-

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

: an Air Force aircraft crashes at the Venice-Tessera Airport. The accident causes the death of the three crew members. *

: the parish priest of the Brancaccio district, Don Pino Puglisi, a priest who has always been involved in the fight against the mafia, is assassinated. * 7 October -

Altamura Altamura (, ; nap, label= Barese, Ialtamùre) is a town and ''comune'' of Apulia, in southern Italy. It is located on one of the hills of the Murge plateau in the Metropolitan City of Bari, southwest of Bari, close to the border with Basilic ...

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: the remains of the Man of Altamura (Homo arcaicus), the only one of its kind, come to light. *

Births

*8 January –

Giovanni Galbieri Giovanni Galbieri (born 8 January 1993) is an Italian sprinter. Biography He won the bronze medal over 100 metres at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics is the sixth edition of the IA ...

, Italian sprinter *10 January –

Valentina Diouf Valentina Diouf (born 10 January 1993) is an Italian professional volleyball player who played with her national team at the 2014 World Championship. Life Diouf was born in Milan, to a father from Senegal and a mother from Italy. Career Diouf ...

, volleyball player *21 January –

Chiara Pierobon Chiara Pierobon (21 January 1993 – 1 August 2015) was an Italian professional racing cyclist. She died from a suspected pulmonary embolism. Pierobon was travelling with her team to the Sparkassen Giro in Germany when she fell ill. Prior to h ...

, cyclist (d.

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) *15 January – Frank Fois, rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter *15 February – Matteo Spreafico, cyclist *22 February –

Nicole Murgia Nicole Murgia is an Italian actress best known for her role of Cristina Giorgi in the Italian television series Tutti pazzi per amore. She married footballer Andrea Bertolacci on 23 December 2015; her brother Alessandro is also a footballer. ...

, actress *24 February – David Odiete, rugby union player *13 March – Michele Campagnaro, rugby union player *9 April –

Matteo Zanusso Matteo Zanusso (born 9 April 1993) is an Italian rugby union player who plays as a Prop. He currently competes for Benetton in the Pro14. Born in San Dona di Piave, Matteo played locally for San Dona rugby club, which is known for its youth ac ...

, rugby union player *8 June – Carlo Pedersoli Jr., mixed martial artist *15 June –

Charanjeet Singh Charanjeet Singh (born 15 June 1993) is an Italian cricketer. He played for the Italy national cricket team in the 2016 ICC World Cricket League Division Four tournament in October 2016. In May 2019, he was named in Italy's squad for their Twen ...

, cricketer *5 August –

Lorenzo Sommariva Lorenzo Sommariva (born 5 August 1993) is an Italian snowboarder. He competed in the snowboard cross at the 2018 Winter Olympics and the snowboard cross and mixed team snowboard cross at the 2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics ...

, snowboarder *10 September – Ruggero Pasquarelli, singer and actor. *20 September – Marvin Vettori, mixed martial artist *11 November –

Vicky Piria Vittoria "Vicky" Piria (born 11 November 1993 in Milan) is an Italian-British racing driver who currently races in Formula Renault Eurocup and W Series. Career Karting Piria grew up in Perugia in Umbria, she began karting in 2003 and raced p ...

, racing driver *29 November –

Manuel Lazzari Manuel Lazzari (; born 29 November 1993) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a right midfielder or right-back for club Lazio. Club career SPAL Following the merger with Giacomense, Lazzari joined SPAL. Lazzari made his profes ...

, footballer *2 December –

Kevin Fischnaller Kevin Fischnaller (born 2 December 1993 in Brixen, Italy) is an Italian luge athlete who has competed in the Luge World Cup for Italy since 2011. During the 2014-15 Luge World Cup he won a bronze at Iglis in the men's spirit event. On 25 Nov ...

, luger *25 December – Leonardo Basso, cyclist

Deaths

*3 February –

Rosetta Calavetta Rosetta Calavetta (27 August 1914 – 3 February 1993) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Biography Born in Palermo, Calavetta made her breakthrough role as a teenager in the 1930 film ''Before the Jury'' in which she had a small role. ...

, actress (b. 1914) *15 February – Enzo Boschetti, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1929) *20 February –

Ferruccio Lamborghini Ferruccio Lamborghini (; 28 April 1916 – 20 February 1993) was an Italian automobile designer, inventor, mechanic, engineer, winemaker, industrialist and businessman who created Automobili Lamborghini in 1963, a maker of high-end sports cars ...

, industrialist (b. 1916). *13 March – Gaetano Kanizsa, psychologist and artist (b. 1913) *12 May – Zeno Colò, alpine ski racer (b. 1920). *27 May – Tony Del Monaco, pop singer, and actor (b. 1935) *30 May – Gisella Floreanini, politician (born 1906) *19 June – Franco Scaglione, automobile coachwork designer (b. 1916) *9 August –

Elena Fabrizi Elena Fabrizi (; born Elena Fabbrizi; 17 June 1915 – 9 August 1993), popularly known as sora Lella ("Mrs. Lella" in Romanesco), was an Italian stage, television and film actress, and a television personality. Life and career Born in Rome, th ...

, actress (b. 1915) *15 September – Pino Puglisi, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1937). *1 October – Giuseppe Vari, film director (b. 1924) *31 October –

Federico Fellini Federico Fellini (; 20 January 1920 – 31 October 1993) was an Italian film director and screenwriter known for his distinctive style, which blends fantasy and baroque images with earthiness. He is recognized as one of the greatest and most i ...

, film director (b. 1920) *5 November – Mario Cecchi Gori, film producer (b. 1920) *11 November –

Franco Sassi Franco Sassi (26 February 1912 – 11 November 1993) was an Italian painter, printmaker and engraver. Biography He started his career as a graphic designer at the time when lithographic engraving was still made on the Alois Senefelder st ...

, painter, printmaker and engraver (b. 1912) *15 November – Luciano Leggio, criminal (b. 1925) *23 December – Marcello Neri, cyclist (b. 1902)

Full date missing

* Totò Mignone, dancer and actor (b. 1906)

References

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