2006 in Italy
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Events during the year 2006 in Italy.
Incumbents
[edit]- Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (until 15 May)
- Giorgio Napolitano (from 15 May)
- Silvio Berlusconi (until 17 May)
- Romano Prodi (from 17 May)
Events
[edit]- 10–26 February – The Olympic Winter Games are held in Turin.
- 10–19 March – The Paralympic Winter Games are held in Turin.
- 9 July – Italy wins the FIFA World Cup by defeating France, 5–3, following a penalty shootout in the final game at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.[1]
- 13 August – Air Algérie Flight 2208 accident
- 17 October – 2006 Rome Metro crash
Full date unknown
[edit]- Drug Target Insights academic journal is founded.[2]
Births
[edit]- 14 March – Simone Pafundi, footballer
- 25 May – Lorenzo Galossi, swimmer
- 6 June – Angela Andreoli, artistic gymnast
- 25 August – Andrea Kimi Antonelli, racing driver
- 9 October – Matteo Santoro, diver
- 2 November – Manila Esposito, footballer
- 7 November – Giulia Dragoni, footballer
- 15 November – Lara Colturi, alpine skier
Deaths
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- 1 March – Jenny Tamburi, actress and television hostess (b. 1952).[3]
- 5 April – Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1923).[4]
- 22 April – Alida Valli, actress (b. 1921).[5]
- 11 May – Ferdinando Tacconi, comics artist (b. 1922).[6]
- 9 June – Enzo Siciliano, writer (b. 1934).[7]
- 15 June – Betty Curtis, singer (b. 1936)
- 12 July – Loredana Nusciak, actress and model (b. 1942).[8]
- 20 July – Ugo Attardi, painter, sculptor and writer (b. 1923).[9]
- 31 July – Mario Faustinelli, comic book artist (b. 1924).[10]
- 20 August – Giuseppe Moccia, film director (b. 1933)
- 15 September – Sergio Savarese, furniture designer (b. 1958).[11]
- 17 September – Leonella Sgorbati, nun (b. 1940).[12]
- 12 October – Carlo Acutis, English-born Italian Catholic computer programmer (b. 1991)[13]
- 16 October – Ondina Valla, hurdler (b. 1916).[14]
- 25 October – Emilio Vedova, painter (b. 1919).[15]
- 2 November – Milly Vitale, actress (b. 1933).[16]
- 25 November – Luciano Bottaro, comic book creator (b. 1931).[17]
- 26 November –
- Leo Chiosso, songwriter (b. 1920).[18]
- Giorgio Panto, television station owner and politician, (b. 1941).[19]
- 28 November – Primo Volpi, 90, Italian cyclist (b. 1916).[20]
- 13 December – Mario Ravagnan, fencer (b. 1930).[21]
- 28 December –
- Nicola Granieri, fencer (b. 1942).[22]
- Aroldo Tieri, actor (b. 1917).[23]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "World Cup 2006". RSSSF. 9 July 2006. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Libertas Academica Journals to be published by SAGE". 19 September 2016. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02.
- ^ "Addio a Jenny Tamburi diva dell'erotico soft". Il Tempo (in Italian). 2 March 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Cheney, David M. "Archbishop Pasquale Macchi". Catholic Hierarchy. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Italian actress Alida Valli dies". BBC News. 22 April 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Ferdinando Tacconi passed away". afNews. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Morto a Roma lo scrittore Enzo Siciliano". Corriere della Sera. 9 June 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Addio a Loredana, Miss Trieste 1959 che recitò con Sordi e Franco Nero". Il Piccolo (in Italian). 12 July 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "E' morto lo scultore Ugo Attardi maestro di espressionismo e astrattismo". La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 July 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Mario Faustinelli passed away". afNews. 3 August 2006. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Graustark, Barbara (18 September 2006). "Sergio Savarese, 48, Dies in a Plane Crash; Designer Employed Informal Shapes in Break From Past". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Nun shot dead as Pope fails to calm militant Muslims". The Times. 18 September 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Courtney Mares (October 12, 2021). "Blessed Carlo Acutis' doctors recall his last days". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
- ^ "Ondina Valla, 90; Hurdler Was the First Woman From Italy to Win an Olympic Gold Medal". Los Angeles Times. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Masters, Christopher (27 November 2006). "Emilio Vedova". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Lyman, Eric J. (3 November 2006). "Italian actress Vitale dies at 74". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Di Giorgi, Emanuele. "Luciano Bottaro e i suoi mondi fantastici Disney e non solo". Komix.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ Lodetti, Antonio (27 November 2006). "Addio a Leo Chiosso, il duro che ispirò Buscaglione". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Elicottero precipita in Laguna muore l'editore Giorgio Panto". la Repubblica (in Italian). 26 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Primo Volpi". Cycling Archives.com. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Mario Ravagnan Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Nicola Granieri Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- ^ "Lutto nel mondo del teatro è morto l'attore Aroldo Tieri". la Repubblica. 29 December 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.