1988 in Italy
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Events in Italy in 1988:
Incumbents
- President of Italy: Francesco Cossiga
- Prime Minister of Italy: Giovanni Goria (until 13 April); Ciriaco De Mita (from 13 April)[1]
Events
- 29 May – World's first Pendolino train to enter regular high-speed service between Milan and Rome.[2]
- 28 August – In an air show at the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany, three jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending a fireball into the ground. All three pilots and 67 spectators are killed, with a further 346 seriously injured.[3]
Sport
Births
- 6 June – Arianna Errigo, fencer
- 5 August – Federica Pellegrini, swimmer
Deaths
- 23 December – Carlo Scorza, Fascist politician (b. 1897)
References
- Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 446–447. ISBN 9781134264902. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- European Conference of Ministers of Transport; International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics (11, 1988, Bruxelles) (1989). Resources for Tomorrow's Transport: Introductory Reports and Summary of Discussions : Brussels, 12th-14th September 1988. ECMT. p. 75. ISBN 978-92-821-1142-0.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps (1989). Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. J. Bale, Sons & Danielson, Limited. p. 19.
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