1979 in Italy

Events during the year 1979 in Italy

Incumbents President – Sandro Pertini Prime Minister – Giulio Andreotti (until 5 August); Francesco Cossiga (after 5 August)

Events 21 March – Fourth Andreotti government dissolved, Fifth Andreotti government formed. 5 August – First Cossiga government formed (this Cabinet lasts until April 1980). Tuscia University is founded. Milano Due residential neighborhood is completed.

Births 10 January – Francesca Piccinini, volleyball player 16 February– Valentino Rossi, motorcycle racer 17 April – Silvia Bosurgi, water polo player Giusy Ferreri, singer and songwriter 4 May – Tania Di Mario, water polo player 19 May – Andrea Pirlo, football player and coach 22 May – Marracash, rapper 27 June – Fabrizio Miccoli, former professional footballer 13 July – Silvia Weissteiner, long-distance runner 25 September – Michele Scarponi, road racing cyclist 21 October – Vacca, rapper 13 November – Riccardo Scamarcio, actor and producer 17 December – Rosaria Console, runner

Deaths 9 January – Pier Luigi Nervi, architect and engineer (b. 1891) 20 February – Nereo Rocco, Italian football player and manager (b. 1912)Nereo Rocco 17 March – Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, tenor (b. 1892) 10 April – Nino Rota, composer (b. 1911) 16 April – Maria Caniglia, spinto soprano (b. 1905) 2 May – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903) 8 July – Tommaso Landolfi, author and translator (b. 1908) 21 August – Giuseppe Meazza, footballer and manager (b. 1910) 5 September – Alberto di Jorio, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1884)Alberto Di Jorio, Oldest Cardinal, Dies at 95 at His Home in Rome 16 September – Gio Ponti, architect, designer, artist (b. 1891) 24 September – Vasco Bergamaschi, Italian road racing cyclist (b. 1909)Vasco Bergamaschi 5 November – Amedeo Nazzari, actor (b. 1907) 21 December – Nino Pavese, Italian actor (b. 1904) 25 December – Mario Filippeschi, tenor (b. 1907)

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