1979 in Italy
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Events during the year 1979 in Italy
Incumbents
- President – Sandro Pertini[1]
- Prime Minister – Giulio Andreotti (until 5 August); Francesco Cossiga (after 5 August)[2]
Events
- Tuscia University is founded.[3]
Births
- 10 January – Francesca Piccinini, volleyball player[4]
- 16 February– Valentino Rossi, motorcycle racer[5]
- 17 April – Silvia Bosurgi, water polo player[6]
- 4 May – Tania Di Mario, water polo player[7]
- 19 May – Andrea Pirlo, football player and coach[8]
- 27 June – Fabrizio Miccoli, former professional footballer[9]
- 13 July – Silvia Weissteiner, long-distance runner[10]
- 25 September – Michele Scarponi, road racing cyclist[11]
- 13 November – Riccardo Scamarcio, actor and producer[12]
- 17 December – Rosaria Console, runner[13]
Deaths
- 20 February – Nereo Rocco, Italian football player and manager (b. 1912)[14]
- 2 May – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)[15]
- 5 September – Alberto di Jorio, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1884)[16]
- 24 September – Vasco Bergamaschi, Italian road racing cyclist (b. 1909)[17]
- 21 December – Nino Pavese, Italian actor (b. 1904)[18]
References
- ↑ Cook, Bernard A. (2001). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 974. ISBN 978-0-8153-4058-4.
- ↑ Gilbert, Sari (5 August 1979). "Italy's Cossiga Forms Coalition Government". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ↑ Mugnozza, G. T. Scarascia; Porceddu, E.; Pagnotta, M. A. (6 December 2012). Genetics and Breeding for Crop Quality and Resistance: Proceedings of the XV EUCARPIA Congress, Viterbo, Italy, September 20–25, 1998. Springer Science & Business Media. p. xi. ISBN 978-94-011-4475-9.
- ↑ "Francesca Piccinini". Olympedia.
- ↑ Valentino Rossi on MotoGP.com
- ↑ "Olympedia – Silvia Bosurgi". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ↑ "Olympedia – Tania Di Mario". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ↑ "Andrea Pirlo". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer.
- ↑ Fabrizio Miccoli at National-Football-Teams.com
- ↑ "European Team Championships | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ↑ Michele Scarponi at ProCyclingStats
- ↑ MYmovies.it. "Riccardo Scamarcio". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-11-17.
- ↑ "Rosaria CONSOLE | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ↑ Nereo Rocco
- ↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
- ↑ Alberto Di Jorio, Oldest Cardinal, Dies at 95 at His Home in Rome
- ↑ Vasco Bergamaschi
- ↑ "Nino Pavese biografia" [Nino Pavese biography] (in Italian). MYmovies.it. Archived from the original on March 18, 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.