1979 in Italy explained

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
• 17 April – Silvia Bosurgi, water polo player^[5]
• 4 May – Tania Di Mario, water polo player^[6]
• 19 May – Andrea Pirlo, football player and coach^[7]
• 27 June – Fabrizio Miccoli, former professional footballer
• 13 July – Silvia Weissteiner, long-distance runner^[8]
• 25 September – Michele Scarponi, road racing cyclist
• 13 November – Riccardo Scamarcio, actor and producer^[9]
• 17 December – Rosaria Console, runner^[10]

Deaths

• 2 May – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)^[11]

Notes and References

1. Book: Cook . Bernard A. . Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia . 2001 . Taylor & Francis . 978-0-8153-4058-4 . 974 . en.
2. News: Gilbert . Sari . Italy's Cossiga Forms Coalition Government . Washington Post . 7 October 2023 . 5 August 1979.
3. Book: Mugnozza . G. T. Scarascia . Porceddu . E. . Pagnotta . M. A. . Genetics and Breeding for Crop Quality and Resistance: Proceedings of the XV EUCARPIA Congress, Viterbo, Italy, September 20–25, 1998 . 6 December 2012 . Springer Science & Business Media . 978-94-011-4475-9 . xi . en.
4. Web site: . Francesca Piccinini.
5. Web site: Olympedia – Silvia Bosurgi . www.olympedia.org . 7 October 2023.
6. Web site: Olympedia – Tania Di Mario . www.olympedia.org . 7 October 2023.
7. Web site: Andrea Pirlo . mlssoccer.com . Major League Soccer.
8. Web site: European Team Championships Results World Athletics . worldathletics.org . 16 January 2024.
9. Web site: MYmovies.it . Riccardo Scamarcio . 2023-11-17 . MYmovies.it . it.
10. Web site: Rosaria CONSOLE Profile World Athletics . worldathletics.org . 7 October 2023.
11. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1963 . NobelPrize.org . 25 February 2022.