Events during the year 1977 in Italy
Incumbents President – Giovanni Leone Prime Minister – Giulio Andreotti (→ Third Andreotti government)
Events 18 January – Footballer Luciano Re Cecconi killed during prank robbery of jewelry shop in Rome. January – Abortion in Italy: Chamber of Deputies passes, 310 to 296 votes, an abortion bill.THE WORLD THIS WEEK 'ABORTION ON DEMAND' SHOCKS THE VATICAN, The Cayman Compass, January 25, 1977
1 February – Suspiria, supernatural horror film by Dario Argento released. 17 February – Movement of 1977: Luciano Lama, secretary-general of the CGIL, the trade union closest to the Italian Communist Party, gave a speech inside the occupied Sapienza University of Rome; there was a clash with members of Autonomia Operaia and Lama was chased away ("The expulsion of Lama from La Sapienza university").
3 to 5 March – Sanremo Music Festival 1977, first one held in Teatro Ariston; group Homo Sapiens wins with the song "Bella da morire" 8 March – Emilio Colombo is president of the European Parliament (until July 1979). 11 March – Violent street clashes in Bologna: Francesco Lorusso of far-left militant organisation Lotta Continua was shot dead by carabinieri. (→ Years of Lead)
28 April – Fulvio Croce, a lawyer appointed to defend leaders of Red Brigades, was killed by The Red Brigades in Turin.
12 May – Death of Giorgiana Masi during a protest in Rome. 22 May – 1976–77 Serie A ends: Juventus wins 17th title.
7 June – Senate votes down, 156 to 154, an abortion bill.Italian Senate Defeats Bill to Legalize Abortion, The Washington Post, June 7, 1977
August – Herbert Kappler, a war criminal, escapes from a prison hospital with the help of his wife - she carried him out in a large suitcase.
11 October – Treaty of Osimo (1975) is effective: definitive delimitation with Yugoslavia.
Disability in Italy: Law 517/1977 closes schools containing only children with disabilities (called "special schools").
Births 15 January – Giorgia Meloni, Prime Minister of Italy 26 April – Samantha Cristoforetti, first Italian woman in space 26 May – Luca Toni, footballer 27 May – Francesco Romoli, photographer 31 May – Domenico Fioravanti, swimmer 12 August – Paola Mosca Barberis, alpine skier 13 October – Antonio Di Natale, footballer, football coach 30 October – Valentina Romeo, cartoonist, illustrator, and billiards player 19 December – Elisa, singer, songwriter and record producer
Deaths 3 June – Roberto Rossellini, film director, screenwriter and producer (b. 1906) 1 November – Franco Albini, architect, designer and university instructor (b. 1905) Lazzaro Donati, painter (b. 1926)
See also List of Italian films of 1977 1977 in Italian television List of number-one hits of 1977 (Italy)
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