1980 in Italy

← 1979 1978 1977 1980 in Italy → 1981 1982 1983
Decades:	1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s
See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years in Italy

Events during the year 1980 in Italy

Incumbents

• President – Sandro Pertini ^[1]
• Prime Minister – Francesco Cossiga (until 18 October); Arnaldo Forlani (after 18 October) ^[2]

Events

• 27 June – Ustica Massacre: Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea mid-flight from Bologna to Palermo, killing all 81 people on board. ^[3]
• 2 August – A terrorist attack at Bologna Centrale railway station kills 85 people and injures over 200. ^[4]

Birth

• 19 January – Anna Incerti, runner ^[5]
• 17 June – Elisa Rigaudo, race walker ^[6]
• 23 June – Francesca Schiavone, tennis player ^[7]
• 26 July – Giulia Pignolo, sailor ^[8]
• 7 October – Clarissa Claretti, hammer thrower ^[9]

Deaths

• 1 January
  • Aldo Aimi, footballer (b. 1906)
  • Pietro Nenni, politician (b. 1891) ^[10]
• 6 January – Piersanti Mattarella, President of Sicily (b. 1935) ^[11]
• 9 January – Gaetano Belloni, road racing cyclist (b. 1892)
• 22 January – Teresa Noce, labour leader, activist and journalist (b. 1900) ^[12]
• 27 January – Peppino De Filippo, actor (b. 1903)
• 28 January – Franco Evangelisti, composer (b. 1926)
• 7 February – Secondo Campini, jet pioneer (b. 1904) ^[13]
• 21 February – Aldo Andreotti, mathematician (b. 1924)
• 26 February – Mario Mattoli, Italian director and screenwriter (b. 1898)

References

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2. Lomellini, Valentine (8 January 2024). The Italian State and International Terrorism, 1969–1986: The Lodo Moro. Springer Nature. p. 240. ISBN   978-3-031-43160-9.
3. McMahon, Barbara (21 July 2006). "The mystery of flight 870". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
4. Giuffrida, Angela (7 August 2023). "Italian official rebuked for proclaiming innocence of Bologna terrorists". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
5. "Anna Incerti". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
6. "Elisa Rigaudo". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
7. "Francesca Schiavone". www.eurosport.com. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
8. "Olympedia – Giulia Pignolo". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
9. "IAAF World Championships | Results | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
10. Socialist Affairs. Socialist International. 1980. p. 20.
11. Schneider, Jane T. & Peter T. Schneider (2003). Reversible Destiny: Mafia, Antimafia, and the Struggle for Palermo , Berkeley: University of California Press ISBN   0-520-23609-2 page=158
12. "Noce, Teresa (1900–1980)". Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. 2002-01-01. Archived from the original on 2016-02-20.
13. Ferraris, Mattia (1988). "CAMPINI, Secondo". Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (in Italian). Vol. 34. Retrieved 10 April 2024– via Treccani.