Events in Italy in 1989:
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Incumbents
edit- President of Italy: Francesco Cossiga[1]
- Prime Minister of Italy: Ciriaco De Mita until 22 July; after 22 July Giulio Andreotti
Events
edit- 21 February - The Sanremo Music Festival 1989 opens at the Teatro Ariston in Sanremo.
- 24 May - AC Milan win the European Cup for the third time with a 4–0 victory over Romanian league champions Steaua Burcharest of in Barcelona.
- 18 June - The third elections for the European Parliament are held.[2] A non-binding advisory referendum is held on the same day to re-affirm popular support for the process of European integration.
- Date unknown
- VeniceArrhythmias, a biannual international workshop on cardiac arrhythmias, is founded.[3]
Sport
editFilm
editBirths
edit- 21 January - Matteo Pelucchi, cyclist
- 18 March - Francesco Checcucci, footballer
- 11 May - Gianluigi Bianco, footballer
- 22 May - Aurora Ruffino, actress
- 9 August - Stefano Okaka, footballer
Deaths
edit- 30 April - Sergio Leone, film director (b. 1929; heart attack)[4]
- 12 August - Olga Villi, model and actress (b. 1922)[5]
- 2 October - Vittorio Caprioli, actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1921)
References
edit- ^ Sassoon, Donald (18 August 2010). "Francesco Cossiga obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
- ^ Daniels, Philip (1989). "The Italian communist party and the European parliament elections of June 1989". Journal of Communist Studies. 5 (4): 195–200. doi:10.1080/13523278908414999.
- ^ Venice Arrhythmias Web site
- ^ Flint, Peter B. (1 May 1989). "Sergio Leone, 67, Italian Director Who Revitalized Westerns, Dies". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Due protagonisti dello spettacolo". La Repubblica. 15 August 1989. Retrieved 6 December 2013.