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Palermo


1993 Top mafia leader Salvatore "Toto" Riina arrested in Palermo

1992 Giovanni Falcone, anti-mafia judge (Palermo), murdered

1992 Salvo Lima, mayor (Palermo)/MP (chr-dem), murdered

1991 Major league umpire Steve Palermo and former NFL defensive lineman Terence Mann were shot trying to help 2 waitresses from being robbed

1972 Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115

1970 Petra Langrova, born in Prostejov, Czechoslovakia, tennis star, 1995 Palermo doubles

1969 Marriage of 12 year old Marcella Rosciglione in Palermo

1943 U.S. forces led by General George Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily

1860 Garibaldi occupies Palermo Italy

1848 People's uprising in Palermo Sicily

1743 Alessandro Cagliostro, Palermo Italy, adventurer

1676 Battle at Palermo: French beats Dutch/Spanish fleet

1676 John de Haen, Vice-Admiral (Kijkduin/Palermo), dies in battle at 45?

1660 Pietro Alessandro Gaspare Scarlatti, Palermo Italy, composer, Tigrane

1282 Furious inhabitants of Palermo attack French occupation force

1072 Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo


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