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2004 in Italy

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2004
in
Italy

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Events during the year 2004 in Italy.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • March 6 - Sanremo: Marco Masini wins with the Flying Man at the 54th edition of the Italian Song Festival.
  • March 20 - second world day against the war; millions of people take to the streets all over the world, hundreds of thousands in Rome.
  • April 13 - in Iraq four Italians were kidnapped. They are Maurizio Agliana, Umberto Cupertino, Fabrizio Quattrocchi and Salvatore Stefio. Quattrocchi l was killed, and the other three were freed after 56 days.
  • 8 June - the three Italian hostages and a Pole are released in Iraq during a targeted action.
  • 1 September - in the Mazara del Vallo area, a 3 years old girl named Denise Pipitone disappears while playing in the street. the issue will be closed to be reopened in 2021.
  • 1–11 September – 61st Venice International Film Festival
  • November 25 - the President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi grants pardon to Graziano Mesina, known as "Grazianeddu", former red primrose of Sardinian banditry.
  • December 7 - after three years of restructuring, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan reopens with the opera L'Europarecognata by Antonio Salieri.
  • December 16 - the Italian Creative Commons Licenses are presented in Turin.

Film

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Deaths

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Gabriella Ferri

References

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  1. ^ "Italian singer Gabriella Ferri, 62". nydailynews.com. 5 August 2004. Archived from the original on 11 August 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "Fiat boss Umberto Agnelli dies". 2004-05-28. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Italian actor Nino Manfredi is dead at 83". San Francisco Chronicle. ANSA. 4 June 2004. Archived from the original on 30 September 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Reginaldo Polloni". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Founder and CEO of Modern Continental, Big Dig contractor, dies at 69". The Boston Globe. Associated Press. 12 November 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  6. ^ "Massimo Freccia". The Daily Telegraph. 23 December 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Agostino Straulino". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Opera singer Renata Tebaldi dies". BBC News. 19 December 2004. Retrieved 11 November 2019.