1989 in Italy explained

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 is founded.^[3]

Sport

• 1989 Supercoppa Italiana
• 1989 Torneo di Viareggio
• 1989 Italian Grand Prix
• 1989 San Marino Grand Prix
• 1989 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
• 1989 Giro d'Italia
• 1989 Italian Open (tennis)

Film

See main article: List of Italian films of 1989.

• 53rd Venice International Film Festival

Births

• 21 January - Matteo Pelucchi, cyclist
• 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)
• 2 October - Vittorio Caprioli, actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1921)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sassoon . Donald . Francesco Cossiga obituary . The Guardian . 16 January 2024 . 18 August 2010 . 27 March 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230327131644/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/aug/18/francesco-cossiga-obituary . live.
2. The Italian communist party and the European parliament elections of June 1989. Journal of Communist Studies. 1989. 5. 4 . 195–200. 10.1080/13523278908414999. Daniels. Philip.
3. http://www.venicearrhythmias.org Venice Arrhythmias Web site