1988 in Italy

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See also:	Other events of 1988; History of Italy • Timeline • Years

Events in Italy in 1988:

Incumbents[]

29 May – World's first Pendolino train to enter regular high-speed service between Milan and Rome.^[2]
28 August – In an air show at the US Ramstein Air Base in Germany, three jets from the Italian air demonstration team, Frecce Tricolori, collide, sending a fireball into the ground. All three pilots and 67 spectators are killed, with a further 346 seriously injured.^[3]

1 May – Paolo Stoppa, actor (b. 1906)^[4]
15 May – Fulvia Franco, actress (b. 1931)^[5]
24 June – Marta Abba, actress (b. 1900)^[6]
9 November – Mario Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, Roman Catholic cardinal (b. 1903)^[7]
2 December – Tata Giacobetti, singer and lyricist (Quartetto Cetra) (b. 1922)^[8]
23 December – Carlo Scorza, Fascist politician (b. 1897)^[9]

^ Lentz, Harris M. (2014). Heads of States and Governments Since 1945. Routledge. pp. 446–447. ISBN 9781134264902. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
^ European Conference of Ministers of Transport; International Symposium on Theory and Practice in Transport Economics (11, 1988, Bruxelles) (1989). Resources for Tomorrow's Transport: Introductory Reports and Summary of Discussions : Brussels, 12th-14th September 1988. ECMT. p. 75. ISBN 978-92-821-1142-0.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Great Britain. Army. Royal Army Medical Corps (1989). Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps. J. Bale, Sons & Danielson, Limited. p. 19.
^ Jay Robert Nash (April 1997). The Motion Picture Guide 1989 Annual: The Films of 1988. CineBooks. p. 378. ISBN 978-0-933997-20-2.
^ "È morta l'attrice Fulvia Franco Miss Italia 1948". Repubblica.it (in Italian). 24 May 1988.
^ The Annual Obituary. St. Martin's. 1988. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-55862-050-6.
^ New York Times. Mario Nasalli Rocca, Cardinal, 85 11 November 1988
^ Muore Tata Giacobetti. La Republica. 3 December 1988
^ "Carlo Scorza, 91, Dies; Wartime Fascist Chief". The New York Times. Reuters. 27 December 1988. Retrieved 7 July 2011.

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