Italy On This Day

Games of the XVII Olympiad take place in Rome A scene from the opening ceremony for the 1960 Rome Olympics at the Stadio Olimpico The Summer...

Carlo Gambino - Mafia Don Sicilian thought to be model for Mario Puzo's Godfather Carlo Gambino, who would become one of the most power...

Giovanni Minzoni - priest Devout Catholic murdered for opposing Fascists Don Giovanni Minzoni, a Catholic priest whose name is commemorated...

Bruno Pontecorvo - nuclear physicist Defection to Soviet Union sparked unsolved mystery  Bruno Pontecorvo, a nuclear physicist whose defecti...