1962 in Italy

← 1961 1960 1959 1962 in Italy → 1963 1964 1965
Decades:	1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s
See also:	History of Italy Timeline of Italian history List of years in Italy

Events during the year 1962 in Italy

Incumbents

• President – Antonio Segni^[1]
• Prime Minister – Amintore Fanfani

Events

31 May – Voghera train crash: in Voghera a freight train coming from Milan did not respect a red light and crashed into a train full of passengers headed for Liguria, which was stopped on the third track. It was the most serious Italian rail disaster of the post-war period, with 63 victims.^[2]

Births

• 15 January – Margherita Buy, actress
• 10 February – Piero Pelù, singer and songwriter
• 2 March – Gabriele Tarquini, race car driver
• 29 March – Elena Sofia Ricci, actress
• 23 September – Cosimo Fusco, actor
• 30 September – Massimo Bottura, Chef and Restaurateur^[3]
• 14 November – Stefano Gabbana, Fashion Designer^[4]
• 30 December – Alessandra Mussolini, former politician, model and singer

Deaths

• 28 April – Gianna Beretta Molla, saint (born 1922)
• 20 May – Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, army general (born 1877)

References

1. "Antonio Segni | president of Italy | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
2. "Tragedia sui binari". Il Sole 24 Ore (in Italian). 7 January 2004. Archived from the original on 4 July 2009. Retrieved 1 July 2009.
3. "Massimo Bottura, Osteria Francescana***". www.libreriagastronomica.com. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
4. "Domenico Dolce & Stefano Gabbana | BoF 500 | The People Shaping the Global Fashion Industry". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2023-10-26.