2010 in Italy
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Events of 2010 in Italy.
Incumbents
- President: Giorgio Napolitano{{cite web |title=Profile: Giorgio Napolitano |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15689553 |website=BBC News |access-date=11 June 2018 |date=20 April 2013}}
- Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi{{cite web |title=Silvio Berlusconi – a life in pictures |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/feb/16/silvio-berlusconi-italy |website=The Guardian |access-date=11 June 2018 |date=24 June 2013}}
Events
- February 16–20: Sanremo Music Festival 2010, the 60th annual edition held in Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia,
- February 23: unknown persons pour millions of liters of hydrocarbons into the Lambro river causing an environmental disaster that involved the valley of the river itself and the Po, in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna.
- April: The AppsBuilder project is initiated by Daniele Pelleri and Luigi Giglio in Milan.{{cite news |last=Pelleri |first=Daniele |url=http://www.chefuturo.it/2012/11/come-abbiamo-trovato-un-milione-e-mezzo-di-euro-per-lanciare-appsbuilder/ |language=Italian |newspaper=Che Futuro! |date=November 9, 2012 |title=Daniele Pelleri e Luigi Giglio: come abbiamo trovato un milione e mezzo di euro per lanciare AppsBuilder |accessdate=10 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130218111345/http://www.chefuturo.it/2012/11/come-abbiamo-trovato-un-milione-e-mezzo-di-euro-per-lanciare-appsbuilder/ |archive-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=dead }}
- May 1: Pope Benedict XVI will appoint an envoy and a commission to reform Legion of Christ (LC), whose Mexican founder, Marcial Maciel, abused children before being dismissed in 2006.
- August 26: Murder of Sarah Scazzi.{{Cite web |date=2024-02-11 |title=Scazzi case, Misseri leaves Lecce prison: "I killed her, I should stay here" |url=https://www.unionesarda.it/en/italy/scazzi-case-misseri-leaves-lecce-prison-quot-i-killed-her-i-should-stay-herequot-aqbm9j7f |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=L'Unione Sarda English |language=en}}
- September 12: Fernando Alonso wins the Italian Grand Prix. This would be Ferrari's last win at Monza until 2019.
Sports
{{main|2010 in Italian sport}}
Deaths
- February 8 – Antonio Giolitti, 94, politician
- April 15 – Raimondo Vianello, 87, television presenter
- May 5 - Giulietta Simionato, 99, operatic mezzo-soprano
- May 18 – Edoardo Sanguineti, 79, poet and writer
- July 8 – Lelio Luttazzi, 87, composer and television presenter
- August 17 – Francesco Cossiga, 82, politician and former President
- September 21 – Sandra Mondaini, 79, actress
- November 10 – Dino De Laurentiis, 91, film producer
- November 29 – Mario Monicelli, 95, actor, screenwriter and director
- November 30 – Berardino Libonati, 76, academic, businessman, jurist and lawyer{{Cite journal|date=2010-08-01|title=Berardino LIBONATI (1934 - 2010) - un souvenir personnel|journal=Uniform Law Review|language=en|volume=15|issue=3–4|pages=635–637|doi=10.1093/ulr/15.3-4.635|issn=1124-3694}}
- December 18 – Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, 70, economist and former minister
- December 21 – Enzo Bearzot, 83, footballer and football coach
See also
References
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