2012 Event Northern Italy, near Bologna, experiences a 5.8-magnitude earthquake; at least 24 people are killed 2010 Event In Italy, a package at the Bologna Airport, addressed to Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi bursts into flames during an inspection by police 1980 Event Fascist bomb attack on Bologna Italy train station, 86 killed 1978 Event 43 die as 2 express trains collide head-on south of Bologna, Italy 1977 Birthday Francesca Lubiani, Bologna Italy, tennis star, Futures-Amadora-POR 1968 Birthday Omar Camporese, born in Bologna, Italy, professional tennis player, won two top-level singles and five tour doubles titles, ranked 18th in the World in singles, 27th for doubles, 1992 1965 Birthday Sandra Cecchini, Bologna Italy, tennis star, 1995 Warsaw doubles 1958 Birthday Serena Grandi, Fagioli, Bologna Itay, actress, Miranda 1938 Birthday Joseph Bologna, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Citizen Cohn, My Favorite Year 1938 Birthday Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director, Festival, Bix, Impiegati 1937 Birthday Liliana Cavani, Bologna Italy, director, Berlin Affair 1922 Birthday Pier Paolo Pasolini, born in Bologna, Italy, director, Teorema, Pigsty 1920 Event Mussolini's squad begins terror, 11 die in Bologna Italy 1901 Birthday Gino Cervi, Bologna Italy, actor, Les Miserables, Naked Maja 1879 Birthday Ottorino Respighi, born in Bologna, Italy, composer, Pines of Rome 1874 Birthday Guglielmo Marconi, born in Bologna, Italy, inventor, radio, Nobel 1909 1847 Event Bologna: church San Francisco dei Minori Conventuali initiated with premier of Rossini's Tantum ergo 1822 Event Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna 1821 Event Naples: Gioacchini Rossini moves to Bologna 1796 Event General Salicetti orders equal rights for Jews of Bologna Italy 1623 Death Gregory XV, Alessandro Ludovisi, bishop of Bologna/Pope, dies at 69 1549 Event Pope Paul III signs Council of Bologna 1539 Death Lorenzo Campeggi(east), archbishop of Bologna/diplomat, dies at 65 1512 Event French troops under Gaston de Foix rescues Bologna 1506 Event Pope Julius II and France occupy Bologna 1474 Birthday Lorenzo Campeggi, o, archbishop of Bologna/diplomat
