2017 in Italy
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Events during the year 2017 in Italy.
Incumbents
Events
- 18 January
- January 2017 Central Italy earthquakes; 34 people are killed.[1]
- Rigopiano avalanche; 29 people are killed when the Hotel Rigopiano is demolished by an avalanche, following a series of earthquakes in the Abruzzo region.[2]
- 21 January – A bus carrying Hungarian students crashes near Verona with 16 people dead.[3]
- 11 February – Francesco Gabbani won Sanremo Music Festival 2017 by his YouTube sensational song Occidentali's Karma and went on to represent Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
- 26–27 May – The 43rd G7 summit was held in Taormina
- 3 June - 2017 Turin stampede
- 21 August - 2017 Ischia earthquake; two people were killed and 42 others were injured.[4][5]
- 13 November - Italy failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup after a 0–1 aggregate loss to Sweden in the two-leg play-off, missing World Cup for the first time since 1958. The head coach Gian Piero Ventura was subsequently sacked.[6]
Deaths
- January 5
- Tullio De Mauro, 84, linguist and former minister
- Leonardo Benevolo, 93, architect and city planner
- January 7 – Lelio Lagorio, 91, politician
- January 28 – Salvatore Tatarella, 69, politician
- March 8 – Danilo Mainardi, 83, ethologist
- March 23 – Cino Tortorella, 89, television presenter
- April 15 – Emma Morano, 117, supercentenarian, world's oldest living person, oldest Italian person ever and last living person born in the 1800s
- April 16 – Gianni Boncompagni, 84, radio and television presenter
- May 11 – Clelio Darida, 90, politician
- May 24 – Giovanni Bignami, 73, physicist
- May 26 – Laura Biagiotti, 73, fashion designer
- June 10 – Oscar Mammì, 90, politician and former minister
- June 23 – Stefano Rodotà, 84, jurist and politician
- June 27 – Paolo Limiti, 77, television presenter
- July 3 – Paolo Villaggio, 84, actor
- August 5 – Dionigi Tettamanzi, 83, cardinal and former Archbishop of Milan
- September 4 – Gastone Moschin, 88, actor
- October 8 – Aldo Biscardi, 86, television presenter
- November 17 – Salvatore Riina, 87, criminal and chief of the Sicilian Mafia
- December 26 – Gualtiero Marchesi, 87, chef
References
- ↑ "Terremoto, 4 scosse sopra magnitudo 5: torna la paura nel Centro Italia in ginocchio per la neve". 18 January 2017. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
- ↑ Claudio, Lavanga; Jamieson, Alastair. "Italy Avalanche: Hotel Rigopiano Buried After Earthquakes, 'Many Dead'". NBC News. Retrieved 19 January 2017.
- ↑ "Italy school bus crash and fire leaves 16 dead". BBC News. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ↑ Terremoto a Ischia, due morti e 39 feriti. Corsa per salvare l’ultimo fratellino rimasto sepolto
- ↑ Forte terremoto a Ischia, crolli a Casamicciola. Due morti e almeno 39 feriti
- ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2017/nov/13/italy-sweden-world-cup-play-off-second-leg-live
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