2013 Event New research on the Shroud of Turin supports that it may actually been used as Jesus Christ's burial cloth; researchers used mechanical and thermal measurements to date the shroud between 300 BC and 400 AD 2012 Event Turin, Italy, is selected as the European Capital of Sport for 2015 2006 Event 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in Turin, Italy 1988 Event Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's burial cloth, is shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from the Middle Ages 1988 Event Lab tests reportedly show Shroud of Turin not Christ's burial cloth 1965 Birthday Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Turin Italy, actress, Normal People 1914 Event Riccardo Zandonai's opera "Francesco da Rimini," premieres in Turin 1896 Birthday Denise Grey, Edouardine Verthuy, Turin Italy, actress, Julietta 1896 Event Giacomo Puccini's Opera "La Boheme," premieres in Turin 1893 Event Puccini's Opera "Manon Lescaut," premieres in Turin 1883 Birthday Alfredo Casella, born in Turin, Italy, composer, La Giara 1860 Event 1st Italian Parliament met at Turin 1810 Birthday Camilio Benso di Cavour, Turin Italy, PM 1736 Birthday Joseph-Louis, comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician
