1988 in Italy

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See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years in Italy

Events in Italy in 1988:

Incumbents

• President of Italy: Francesco Cossiga ^[1]
• Prime Minister of Italy: Giovanni Goria (until 13 April); Ciriaco De Mita (from 13 April) ^[2]

Events

• 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

• 1988 Supercoppa Italiana
• 1988 Torneo di Viareggio
• 1988 Italian Grand Prix
• 1988 San Marino Grand Prix
• 1988 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1988 Giro d'Italia
• 1988 Italian Open (tennis)

Film

Main article: List of Italian films of 1988

• 52nd Venice International Film Festival

Births

• 6 June – Arianna Errigo, fencer
• 5 August – Federica Pellegrini, swimmer
• 11 August – Giulia Manfrini, surfer and snowboarder (d. 2024)
• 25 December – Marco Mengoni, singer

Deaths

• 1 May – Paolo Stoppa, actor (b. 1906) ^[5]
• 15 May – Fulvia Franco, actress (b. 1931) ^[6]
• 21 May – Dino Grandi, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Justice, president of the Parliament of Italy, and member of the Grand Council of Fascism (b. 1895). ^[7]
• 24 June – Marta Abba, actress (b. 1900) ^[8]
• 14 August – Enzo Ferrari, founder of Ferrari (b. 1898)
• 9 November – Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1903) ^[9]
• 2 December – Tata Giacobetti, singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) (b. 1922) ^[10]
• 23 December – Carlo Scorza, Fascist politician (b. 1897) ^[11]

References

1. Sassoon, Donald (18 August 2010). "Francesco Cossiga obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.
2. Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 446–447. ISBN   9781134264902 . Retrieved 9 November 2014.
3. 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).
4. Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps (1989). Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. J. Bale, Sons & Danielson, Limited. p. 19.
5. Jay Robert Nash (April 1997). The Motion Picture Guide 1989 Annual: The Films of 1988. CineBooks. p. 378. ISBN   978-0-933997-20-2.
6. "È morta l'attrice Fulvia Franco Miss Italia 1948". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 24 May 1988.
7. Di Scala, Spencer (2009). Italy: from revolution to republic : 1700 to the present. Westview Press. p. 277.
8. The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1988. p. 269. ISBN   978-1-55862-050-6.
9. New York Times. Mario Nasalli Rocca, Cardinal, 85 11 November 1988
10. Muore Tata Giacobetti. La Republica. 3 December 1988
11. "Carlo Scorza, 91, Dies; Wartime Fascist Chief". The New York Times. Reuters. 27 December 1988. Retrieved 7 July 2011.