- 2001 in Italy
Events from the year
2001 inItaly .Incumbents
* President —
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
* President of the Council of Ministers —Giuliano Amato (until11 June ),Silvio Berlusconi Events
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21 February
**Mafia bossBernardo Provenzano arrested inSicily after 38 years on the run.cite book|last=Williams|first=Hywel|title=Cassell's Chronology of World History|publisher=Weidenfeld & Nicolson|year=2005|isbn=0-304-35730-8|pages=650–652]
**Novi Ligure Murder : a mother and child are murdered inNovi Ligure . [cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/feb/28/worlddispatch.rorycarroll|title="Murder wrongfoots the Italian nation", The Guardian|accessdate=2008-03-03]
*13 May - a general election is held and is won bySilvio Berlusconi . [cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/italy/|title=CNN.com In-Depth Specials - Italy decides|accessdate=2008-03-03]
*20 July –22 July -27th G8 summit held inGenoa .
*20 July - an anti-globalisation protestor at the G8 summit is shot dead by police. [cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/jul/21/globalisation1|title="Violence erupts again in Genoa", The Guardian|accessdate=2008-03-03]
*8 October -Linate Airport disaster : Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 crashes atLinate Airport inMilan killing 118. [cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1591060.stm|title="British plane crash victims named", BBC News|accessdate=2008-03-03]Births
Deaths
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27 January -Marie-José of Belgium , last Queen of Italy, consort to Umberto II (born 1906)
*12 February -Tiberio Mitri , boxer (born 1926)
*13 February -Ugo Fano , physicist (born 1912)
*14 February -Piero Umiliani , composer (born 1926)
*23 February -Sergio Mantovani , racing driver (born 1929)
*10 March -Massimo Morsello , musician and political activist (born 1958)
*5 April -Aldo Olivieri , football player (born 1910)
*12 April -Alberto Erede , conductor (born 1909)
*20 April -Giuseppe Sinopoli , conductor and composer (born 1946)
*25 April -Michele Alboreto , racing driver (born 1956)
*26 April -Renzo Vespignani , painter and illustrator (born 1924)
* May -Armando Nannuzzi , cinematographer (born 1925)
*14 May -Mauro Bolognini , film director (born 1922)
*20 May -Renato Carosone , musician (born 1920)
*23 May -Alessandro Natta , politician (born 1918)
*26 May -Vittorio Brambilla , racing driver (born 1937)
*18 June -Paolo Emilio Taviani , politician (born 1912)
*20 July -Carlo Giuliani , protestor shot dead at the G8 summit (born 1978)
*22 July -Indro Montanelli , journalist and historian (born 1909)
*26 July -Giuseppe Cardinal Sensi , Cardinal (born 1907)
*19 September -Aldo Capitanio , comic book artist (born 1952)
*11 October -Beni Montresor , artist (born 1926)
*3 November -Lucio Colletti , philosopher (born 1924)
*8 November -Paolo Cardinal Bertoli , Cardinal (born 1908)
*9 November -Giovanni Leone , Prime Minister (born 1908)
*5 December -Franco Rasetti , physicist (born 1901)References
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