Italy On This Day

Mount Vesuvius – the 1944 eruption The last time the volcano was seen to blow its top Mount Vesuvius, the huge volcano looming over the bay...

NEW - Giuseppe Borgatti - tenor Beautiful voice brings fame for former bricklayer Opera singer Giuseppe Borgatti, who became known as Ital...

Beautiful voice brings fame for former bricklayer Borgatti was an illiterate bricklayer before his vocal talent was spotted Opera singer Giu...

Aldo Moro - Italy's tragic former prime minister Politician kidnapped and murdered by Red Brigades Italy and the wider world were deeply...

The murder of Julius Caesar He came, saw, conquered... and was assassinated Statesman and soldier Gaius Julius Caesar was murdered on this ...