Events in Italy in 1988:
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Incumbents
edit- President of Italy: Francesco Cossiga[1]
- Prime Minister of Italy: Giovanni Goria (until 13 April); Ciriaco De Mita (from 13 April)[2]
Events
edit- 29 May – World's first Pendolino train to enter regular high-speed service between Milan and Rome.[3]
- 28 August – In an air show at the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany, three jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending a fireball into the ground. All three pilots and 67 spectators are killed, with a further 346 seriously injured.[4]
Sport
editFilm
editBirths
edit- 6 June – Arianna Errigo, fencer
- 5 August – Federica Pellegrini, swimmer
- 25 December – Marco Mengoni, singer
Deaths
edit- 1 May – Paolo Stoppa, actor (b. 1906)[5]
- 15 May – Fulvia Franco, actress (b. 1931)[6]
- 24 June – Marta Abba, actress (b. 1900)[7]
- 14 August – Enzo Ferrari, founder of Ferrari (b. 1898)
- 9 November – Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1903)[8]
- 2 December – Tata Giacobetti, singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) (b. 1922)[9]
- 23 December – Carlo Scorza, Fascist politician (b. 1897)[10]
References
edit- ^ Sassoon, Donald (18 August 2010). "Francesco Cossiga obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 446–447. ISBN 9781134264902. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Resources for Tomorrow's Transport: Introductory Reports and Summary of Discussions : Brussels, 12th-14th September 1988. ECMT. 1989. p. 75. ISBN 978-92-821-1142-0 – via European Conference of Ministers of Transport, International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics (11, 1988, Bruxelles).
- ^ Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps (1989). Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. J. Bale, Sons & Danielson, Limited. p. 19.
- ^ Jay Robert Nash (April 1997). The Motion Picture Guide 1989 Annual: The Films of 1988. CineBooks. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-933997-20-2.
- ^ "È morta l'attrice Fulvia Franco Miss Italia 1948". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 24 May 1988.
- ^ The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1988. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-55862-050-6.
- ^ New York Times. Mario Nasalli Rocca, Cardinal, 85 11 November 1988
- ^ Muore Tata Giacobetti. La Republica. 3 December 1988
- ^ "Carlo Scorza, 91, Dies; Wartime Fascist Chief". The New York Times. Reuters. 27 December 1988. Retrieved 7 July 2011.