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

2 May – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)^[14]

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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 at 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.
↑ "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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[1] Cook, Bernard A. (2001). Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. p. 974. ISBN 978-0-8153-4058-4.

[2] Gilbert, Sari (5 August 1979). "Italy's Cossiga Forms Coalition Government". Washington Post. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

[3] 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.

[4] Francesca Piccinini at Olympedia

[5] Valentino Rossi on MotoGP.com

[6] "Olympedia – Silvia Bosurgi". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

[7] "Olympedia – Tania Di Mario". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

[8] "Andrea Pirlo". mlssoccer.com. Major League Soccer.

[9] Fabrizio Miccoli at National-Football-Teams.com

[10] "European Team Championships | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[11] Michele Scarponi at ProCyclingStats

[12] MYmovies.it. "Riccardo Scamarcio". MYmovies.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-11-17.

[13] "Rosaria CONSOLE | Profile | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 7 October 2023.

[14] "The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963". NobelPrize.org. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

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