2013 Event After completing rescue missions for survivors of the 2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck, it is determined 360 people perished 2013 Event Pope Francis condemns the 'global indifference' to the plight of immigrants who have drowned trying to reach Europe; he honors them in a mass held on Lampedusa, the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea 1957 Death G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer, dies at 61 1896 Birthday G Tomasi di Lampedusa, writer 1896 Birthday Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, Sicilian writer, Der Leopard
