1989 in Italy

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Last updated July 21, 2025

Events in Italy in 1989:

Incumbents

President of Italy: Francesco Cossiga ^[1]
Prime Minister of Italy: Ciriaco De Mita until 22 July; after 22 July Giulio Andreotti

Events

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

Film

53rd Venice International Film Festival

Births

21 January - Matteo Pelucchi, cyclist
23 January - Alice Teghil, actress
18 March - Francesco Checcucci, footballer
11 May - Gianluigi Bianco, footballer
22 May - Aurora Ruffino, actress
9 August - Stefano Okaka, footballer

Deaths

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

↑ 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.

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[1] Sassoon, Donald (18 August 2010). "Francesco Cossiga obituary". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 March 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

[2] 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.

[3] Venice Arrhythmias Web site

[4] 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.

[5] "Due protagonisti dello spettacolo". La Repubblica . 15 August 1989. Retrieved 6 December 2013.

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