Italy On This Day

Forward was the first Italian to play in the English Premier League Andrea Silenzi was a leading striker for Torino before joining Not...

Four-times winner of the Champions League Carlo Ancelotti in the Milan colours in which he twice won European football's top pri...

Political refugee knighted by Queen Victoria Panizzi was a friend of the British Lord Chancellor, Henry Broughton Sir Anthony Pani...

Won gold medal over historic course in Athens Stefano Baldini, Italy's fastest marathon runner to date Stefano Baldini, the ma...

How Brazilian soldiers hastened Nazi capitulation The moment at which General Otto Fretter-Pico (second left) formally surrendered to ...

Sweet success for writer and performer Zucchero is known for the passion and emotion of his stage performances The singer/songwrit...

Writer led the way with spirituality and humanity This painting by Titian , circa 1512, is accepted as likely to portray Ludovico Ario...

Musician and writer once dubbed 'Italy's Springsteen' Luciano Ligabue  (Photo: Elena Torre CC BY-SA 2.0) Unlike his cont...

Flag represented people’s hopes for a united Italy The Italian flag, with its panels of green, white and red, was first hoisted on this day...