2010 in Italy

Events

February 16–20: Sanremo Music Festival 2010, the 60th annual edition held in Teatro Ariston in Sanremo, province of Imperia,
February 23: unknown persons pour millions of liters of hydrocarbons into the Lambro river causing an environmental disaster that involved the valley of the river itself and the Po, in Lombardy and Emilia-Romagna.
April: The AppsBuilder project is initiated by Daniele Pelleri and Luigi Giglio in Milan.^[3]
May 1: Pope Benedict XVI will appoint an envoy and a commission to reform Legion of Christ (LC), whose Mexican founder, Marcial Maciel, abused children before being dismissed in 2006.
August 26: Murder of Sarah Scazzi.^[4]
September 12: Fernando Alonso wins the Italian Grand Prix. This would be Ferrari's last win at Monza until 2019.

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Sports

Deaths

February 8 – Antonio Giolitti, 94, politician
April 15 – Raimondo Vianello, 87, television presenter
May 5 - Giulietta Simionato, 99, operatic mezzo-soprano
May 18 – Edoardo Sanguineti, 79, poet and writer
July 8 – Lelio Luttazzi, 87, composer and television presenter
August 17 – Francesco Cossiga, 82, politician and former President
September 21 – Sandra Mondaini, 79, actress
November 10 – Dino De Laurentiis, 91, film producer
November 29 – Mario Monicelli, 95, actor, screenwriter and director
November 30 – Berardino Libonati, 76, academic, businessman, jurist and lawyer^[5]
December 18 – Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, 70, economist and former minister
December 21 – Enzo Bearzot, 83, footballer and football coach

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Incumbents