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Showing posts with label 1908. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1908. Show all posts
6 February 2018

Amintore Fanfani - politician

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Former prime minister who proposed "third way" Amintore Fanfani was prime minister of Italy six times Amintore Fanfani, a...
16 October 2017

Dorando Pietri - marathon runner

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Athlete who made his fortune from famous disqualification Dorando Pietri with the silver cup presented to him by Queen Alexandra T...
9 September 2017

Cesare Pavese - writer and translator

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Author introduced great American writers to Fascist Italy Cesare Pavese translated the works of many American novelists Cesare Pave...
28 December 2016

Italy's worst earthquake

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Catastrophic tremor of 1908 may have killed up to 200,000 A devastated street in Messina with the remains of the Chiesa delle Anime de...
22 December 2016

Giacomo Manzù – sculptor

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Shoemaker’s son who became internationally acclaimed sculptor Giacomo Manzù, pictured in 1966 at his studio in Ardea, near Rome Scu...
26 November 2016

Charles Forte - businessman and hotelier

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Multi-billion pound empire started with a single café Baron Forte of Ripley Businessman Charles Forte - later Sir Charles and then Ba...
1 May 2016

Giovanni Guareschi – writer

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Satirical magazine editor first used Don Camillo to fill a gap Giovanni Guareschi created the character of Don Camillo for the satiri...
9 March 2016

Internazionale - football superpower

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Famous club that broke away from rivals AC Milan Internazionale's famous logo, designed by club founder Giorgio Muggiani Inte...