1984 in Italy
overview of Italy-related events during the year of 1984
Events from the year 1984 in Italy
Incumbents
President: Sandro Pertini
Prime Minister: Bettino Craxi (First Craxi government)
Events
February
2 to 4 February – Sanremo Music Festival 1984: Al Bano and Romina Power with "Ci sarà" win Big Artists section; Eros Ramazzotti wins newly established Newcomers section with the song "Terra promessa".
8 to 19 February – Italy at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia: 74 competitors in 9 sports, 2 Gold medals (Paul Hildgartner and Paoletta Magoni).
18 February – Revision of Lateran Treaty (1929) signed: Catholic religion is not the sole religion of the Italian State.
May
5 May – Eurovision Song Contest 1984 in Luxembourg: 5th place for Alice and Franco Battiato for "I treni di Tozeur".
13 May – 1983–84 Serie A ends: Juventus FC wins 21st title.
June
7 June – Enrico Berlinguer, General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party, suffered a brain haemorrhage while giving a speech at a public meeting in Padua; he dies four days later.
13 June – Berlinguer funeral in Rome, around one million people attended. (List of largest funerals)
17 June – 1984 European Parliament election in Italy: only time that Communists placed first in a national election.
24 June –
Antonio Bisaglia, Christian Democrat Senator, drowns off the coast of Santa Margherita Ligure.
Alessandro Natta is new General Secretary of the Italian Communist Party (until 1988).
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