Events from the year 1951 in Italy.
Incumbents
President – Luigi Einaudi Prime Minister – Alcide De Gasperi
Events
20 January – Winter of Terror: Avalanches in the Alps causes 240 deaths and 45,000 deaths in Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. 29–31 January – The first edition of the Sanremo Music Festival took place at the Casino Municipale in Sanremo, Italy. 21 October – A storm in southern Italy has resulted in the death of over 100 people. 20 November – The Po River is experiencing flooding in northern Italy. 24 December – Libya gained independence from Italy, and Idris I was proclaimed as its new King.
Births
16 July – Franco Serantini, Italian anarchist (d. 1972) 22 October – Claudio Ranieri, Italian football manager and player
Deaths
13 January – Francesco Marchetti Selvaggiani, Italian Roman Catholic cardinal and eminence (b. 1871) 28 January – Petar Dujam Munzani, Italian Roman Catholic archbishop and reverend (b. 1890) 28 February – Giannina Russ, Italian soprano (b. 1873) 2 March – Cassiano Conzatti, Italian botanist, explorer and pteridologist (b. 1862) 20 April – Ivanoe Bonomi, Italian politician and statesman, 25th prime minister of Italy (b. 1873) 23 May – Antonio Gandusio, Italian actor (b. 1875) 29 May – Antonio Mosca, Italian painter (b. 1870) 28 June – Maria Pia Mastena, Italian Roman Catholic religious sister and blessed (b. 1881) 18 July – Ludovico di Caporiacco, Italian arachnologist (b. 1901) 3 September – Enrico Valtorta, Italian Roman Catholic bishop of Hong Kong and reverend (b. 1883) 10 September – Giuseppe Mulè, Italian composer and conductor (b. 1885) 9 November – Luigi Beltrame Quattrocchi, Italian Roman Catholic layman and blessed (b. 1880) 23 November – Enrichetta Alfieri, Italian Roman Catholic religious professed and blessed (b. 1891) 19 December – Umberto Cassuto, Italian rabbi and biblical scholar (b. 1883) 24 December – Raffaele Rossetti, Italian engineer and military naval officer (b. 1881)
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