2006 in Italy

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Events during the year 2006 in Italy.

Incumbents

• President:

• Carlo Azeglio Ciampi (until 15 May)
• Giorgio Napolitano (from 15 May)

• Prime Minister:

• Silvio Berlusconi (until 17 May)
• Romano Prodi (from 17 May)

Events

• 10–26 February – The Olympic Winter Games are held in Turin.
• 10–19 March – The Paralympic Winter Games are held in Turin.
• 9 July – Italy wins the FIFA World Cup by defeating France, 5–3, following a penalty shootout in the final game at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany.^[1]
• 13 August – Air Algérie Flight 2208 accident
• 17 October – 2006 Rome Metro crash

Full date unknown

• Drug Target Insights academic journal is founded.^[2]

Births

• 14 March – Simone Pafundi, footballer
• 25 May – Lorenzo Galossi, swimmer
• 6 June – Angela Andreoli, artistic gymnast
• 25 August – Andrea Kimi Antonelli, racing driver
• 9 October – Matteo Santoro, diver
• 2 November – Manila Esposito, footballer
• 7 November – Giulia Dragoni, footballer
• 15 November – Lara Colturi, alpine skier

Deaths

Jenny Tamburi

Ondina Valla

Milly Vitale

• 1 March – Jenny Tamburi, actress and television hostess (b. 1952).^[3]
• 5 April – Pasquale Macchi, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1923).^[4]
• 22 April – Alida Valli, actress (b. 1921).^[5]
• 11 May – Ferdinando Tacconi, comics artist (b. 1922).^[6]
• 9 June – Enzo Siciliano, writer (b. 1934).^[7]
• 15 June – Betty Curtis, singer (b. 1936)
• 12 July – Loredana Nusciak, actress and model (b. 1942).^[8]
• 20 July – Ugo Attardi, painter, sculptor and writer (b. 1923).^[9]
• 31 July – Mario Faustinelli, comic book artist (b. 1924).^[10]
• 20 August – Giuseppe Moccia, film director (b. 1933)
• 15 September – Sergio Savarese, furniture designer (b. 1958).^[11]
• 17 September – Leonella Sgorbati, nun (b. 1940).^[12]
• 12 October – Carlo Acutis, English-born Italian Catholic computer programmer (b. 1991)^[13]
• 16 October – Ondina Valla, hurdler (b. 1916).^[14]
• 25 October – Emilio Vedova, painter (b. 1919).^[15]
• 2 November – Milly Vitale, actress (b. 1933).^[16]
• 25 November – Luciano Bottaro, comic book creator (b. 1931).^[17]
• 26 November –

• Leo Chiosso, songwriter (b. 1920).^[18]
• Giorgio Panto, television station owner and politician, (b. 1941).^[19]

• 28 November – Primo Volpi, 90, Italian cyclist (b. 1916).^[20]
• 13 December – Mario Ravagnan, fencer (b. 1930).^[21]
• 28 December –

• Nicola Granieri, fencer (b. 1942).^[22]
• Aroldo Tieri, actor (b. 1917).^[23]

See also

• 2006 in Italian television

References

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12. "Nun shot dead as Pope fails to calm militant Muslims". The Times. 18 September 2006. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
13. Courtney Mares (October 12, 2021). "Blessed Carlo Acutis' doctors recall his last days". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved January 17, 2022.
14. "Ondina Valla, 90; Hurdler Was the First Woman From Italy to Win an Olympic Gold Medal". Los Angeles Times. 17 October 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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16. Lyman, Eric J. (3 November 2006). "Italian actress Vitale dies at 74". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 8 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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18. Lodetti, Antonio (27 November 2006). "Addio a Leo Chiosso, il duro che ispirò Buscaglione". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 10 November 2019.
19. "Elicottero precipita in Laguna muore l'editore Giorgio Panto". la Repubblica (in Italian). 26 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
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23. "Lutto nel mondo del teatro è morto l'attore Aroldo Tieri". la Repubblica. 29 December 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2019.