Events from the year 1982 in Italy
Incumbents
President: Sandro Pertini Prime Minister: Giovanni Spadolini (until 1 December), Amintore Fanfani (starting 1 December)
Events
11 July – 1982 World Cup: Italy becomes world champion for the third time in Spain by beating West Germany 3–1. 13 September – The Italian parliament approves the Rognoni-La Torre law which introduces the crime of mafia-style criminal association. 9 October – Attack on the synagogue in Rome by a group of five Palestinian terrorists: a two-year-old child dies and 35 are seriously injured
Births
25 January – Noemi, singer-songwriter and television personality 2 February – Filippo Magnini, swimmer 11 February – Christian Maggio, footballer 2 May – Valeria Bilello, actress and model 12 July – Antonio Cassano, footballer 18 June – Marco Borriello, professional footballer 5 July – Alberto Gilardino, football manager 15 July – Laura Chiatti, actress and singer 17 July – Stefania Spampinato, actress 7 August – Marco Melandri, motorcycle racer 12 August – Michele Sensi-Contugi, Italian-born Ecuadorian businessman and government adviser (d. 2026) 9 September – Francesco Gabbani, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist 27 December – Elisa Isoardi, tv host
Deaths
16 October – Mario Del Monaco, opera singer (b. 1915) 2 December – Giovanni Ferrari, footballer (b. 1907) 30 December – Giuseppe Aquari, cinematographer (b. 1916)
See also
1982 in Italian television List of Italian films of 1982
References