2004 in Italy

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* History of Italy
* Timeline of Italian history
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Events during the year 2004 in Italy.

## Incumbents

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* President: Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
* Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi

## 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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* Tre metri sopra il cielo (March 12, 2004)
* Tu la conosci Claudia? (December 16, 2004)
* Christmas in Love (December 17, 2004)
* Volevo solo dormirle addosso (October 15, 2004)
* L'odore del sangue (April 2, 2004)
* Certi bambini (May 14, 2004)
* Che ne sarà di noi (March 5, 2004)
* Non ti muovere (March 12, 2004)
* Agata e la tempesta (February 27, 2004)
* L'amore è eterno finché dura (February 20, 2004)
* Mi piace lavorare (Mobbing) (February 13, 2004)
* La spettatrice (May 7, 2004)
* Dopo mezzanotte (April 23, 2004)
* La rivincita di Natale (January 23, 2004)
* Le chiavi di casa (September 10, 2004)
* Stai con me (June 25, 2004)
* Le conseguenze dell'amore (September 24, 2004)

## Deaths

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Gabriella Ferri

* 3 April – Gabriella Ferri, singer (b. 1942).[1]
* 27 May – Umberto Agnelli, industrialist, head of Fiat (b. 1934).[2]
* 4 June –

* Nino Manfredi, actor (b. 1921).[3]
* Anthony Steffen, film actor and screenwriter (b. 1930)

* 28 July – Tiziano Terzani, journalist (b. 1938).
* 31 July – Laura Betti, actress (b. 1927).
* 22 August – Reginaldo Polloni, rower (b. 1916).[4]
* 23 August – Francesco Minerva, Roman Catholic archbishop (b. 1904).
* 26 August – Enzo Baldoni, journalist (b. 1948).
* 28 August – Silvana Jachino, actress (b. 1916).
* 12 November – Lelio Marino, Italian-born American entrepreneur (born c. 1935).[5]
* 16 November – Massimo Freccia, Italian-American conductor (b. 1906).[6]
* 14 December – Agostino Straulino, sailor (b. 1914).[7]
* 19 December – Renata Tebaldi, opera singer (b. 1922).[8]

## 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.

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