1980 in Italy

none 1980 Events during the year 1980 in Italy Incumbents President – Sandro PertiniCook Bernard A. Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia 2001 Taylor & Francis 978-0-8153-4058-4 974 https://books.google.com/books?id=hafLHZgZtt4C&pg=PA974 en Prime Minister – Francesco Cossiga (until 18 October); Arnaldo Forlani (after 18 October)Lomellini Valentine The Italian State and International Terrorism, 1969–1986: The Lodo Moro 8 January 2024 Springer Nature 978-3-031-43160-9 240 https://books.google.com/books?id=AP3sEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA240 en Events 6 January – Piersanti Mattarella, president of Sicily, killed by the Mafia in Palermo. 7 to 9 February – Sanremo Music Festival 1980: Toto Cutugno wins with the song "Solo noi". 13 to 24 February – Italy at the 1980 Winter Olympics, in Lake Placid: 46 competitors, 34 men and 12 women, in 8 sports, winning 2 Silver medals. March – Totonero match-fixing scandal. 19 April – Eurovision Song Contest 1980 in The Hague, Netherlands: Alan Sorrenti is sixth-placed with Non so che darei. 11 May – 1979–80 Serie A: Inter Milan wins 12th title. 8 and 9 June – 1980 Italian regional elections and 1980 Italian local elections. 11 to 22 June – UEFA Euro 1980 held in Italy. 27 June – Ustica Massacre: Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea mid-flight from Bologna to Palermo, killing all 81 people on board.McMahon Barbara The mystery of flight 870 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2006/jul/21/worlddispatch.italy The Guardian 16 January 2024 21 July 2006 19 July to 3 August – Italy at the 1980 Summer Olympics, in Moscow: Italy competed under the Olympic Flag, in partial support of American-led boycott. There were 159 competitors, 121 men and 38 women, in 88 events in 19 sports, winning 8 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze medals. 2 August – A terrorist attack at Bologna Centrale railway station kills 85 people and injures over 200.Giuffrida Angela Italian official rebuked for proclaiming innocence of Bologna terrorists https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/07/italian-official-rebuked-for-proclaiming-innocence-of-bologna-terrorists The Guardian 16 January 2024 7 August 2023 17 October – Giarre murder. 18 October – Forlani government is formed (until June 1981), after Second Cossiga government fell due to the rejection of the 1980 Budget by Parliament. 23 November – A magnitude-6.9 earthquake kills 2,483, injures 7,700, and displaces hundreds of thousands. The Name of the Rose, debut novel by Umberto Eco is published. Altri Libertini, a romanzo a episodi by Pier Vittorio Tondelli is published. Birth 19 January – Anna Incerti, runnerAnna Incerti https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/anna-incerti_prs322685/person.shtml www.eurosport.com 16 January 2024 21 February – Tiziano Ferro, singer, songwriter 17 June – Elisa Rigaudo, race walkerElisa Rigaudo https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/elisa-rigaudo_prs26254/person.shtml www.eurosport.com 16 January 2024 23 June – Francesca Schiavone, tennis playerFrancesca Schiavone https://www.eurosport.com/tennis/francesca-schiavone_prs1219/person.shtml www.eurosport.com 18 January 2024 26 July – Giulia Pignolo, sailorOlympedia – Giulia Pignolo https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/111699 www.olympedia.org 18 January 2024 30 July – Roberto Cammarelle, boxer 6 August – Vitantonio Liuzzi, Formula One driver (or in 1981) 19 September – Roland Fischnaller, snowboarder 25 September – Elio Germano, actor 7 October – Clarissa Claretti, hammer throwerIAAF World Championships Results World Athletics https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/6903480?eventId=10229532 worldathletics.org 16 January 2024 27 November – Dargen D'Amico, rapper 25 December – Guè, rapper 29 December – Nesli, rapper Deaths 1 January Aldo Aimi, footballer (b. 1906) Pietro Nenni, politician (b. 1891)Socialist Affairs https://books.google.com/books?id=6jrkAAAAMAAJ 1980 Socialist International 20 6 January – Piersanti Mattarella, President of Sicily (b. 1935)Schneider, Jane T. & Peter T. Schneider (2003). Reversible Destiny: Mafia, Antimafia, and the Struggle for Palermo, Berkeley: University of California Press 0-520-23609-2 page=158 9 January – Gaetano Belloni, road racing cyclist (b. 1892) 22 January – Teresa Noce, labour leader, activist and journalist (b. 1900)2002-01-01 Noce, Teresa (1900–1980) Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591307063.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160220190538/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-2591307063.html HighBeam Research subscription usurped 2016-02-20 27 January – Peppino De Filippo, actor (b. 1903) 28 January – Franco Evangelisti, composer (b. 1926) 1 February – Gastone Nencini, road racing cyclist (b. 1930) 7 February – Secondo Campini, jet pioneer (b. 1904)CAMPINI, Secondo it https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/secondo-campini_%28Dizionario-Biografico%29/ Ferraris Mattia Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani 34 1988 10 April 2024 Treccani 21 February – Aldo Andreotti, mathematician (b. 1924) 26 February – Mario Mattoli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1898) 30 March – Mantovani, Italian British conductor, composer (b. 1905) 14 April – Gianni Rodari, writer and journalist (b. 1920) 6 August – Marino Marini, sculptor (b. 1901) 14 August – Diego Fabbri, Italian playwright (b. 1911) 29 August – Franco Basaglia, psychiatrist, disability advocate (b. 1924) See also List of Italian films of 1980 1980 in Italian television List of number-one hits of 1980 (Italy) References 1980 Italy Italy Category:1980s in Italy