2014 Event Italian President Giorgio Napolitano has announced his resignation; the 89-year-old president indicated after reelection in 2013 that he would retire before the end of the 7-year term 2014 Event Uruguayan striker Luis Suarez is thrown out of the World Cup for biting Italian player Giorgio Chiellini on the shoulder; Suarez has also been banned from nine international matches and a four-month suspension from playing 2013 Event Italy's vice-secretary of the Democratic Party , Enrico Letta, receives the mandate for form a new government from president Giorgio Napolitano 2013 Event Italy re-elects President Giorgio Napolitano 2012 Event Following the resignation of Prime Minister Mario Monti, Italian President Giorgio Napolitano dissolves the Parliament 2011 Event Italian President Giorgio Napolitano nominates Mario Monti to be the country's new Prime Minister 1997 Death Giorgio Strehler, theatre director, dies at 76 1995 Death Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion, dies at 71 1992 Death Giorgio Perlasca, Italian anti-fascist (saved 5,200 Jews), dies 1990 Death Giorgio Manganelli, writer, dies at 67 1989 Event Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69) 1988 Death Giorgio Almirante, Italy, fascist (member of parliament), dies at 73 1972 Death Giorgio Nataletti, composer, dies at 65 1969 Birthday Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer, world record 200m 1965 Death Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer, dies at 72 1947 Birthday Giorgio Chinaglia, soccer star, Lazio of Italy, New York Cosmos 1946 Death Giorgio Morandi, Italian Artist 1940 Birthday Giorgio Moroder, born in Ortisei, Italy, composer, Let it Ride, Cat People, Top Gun 1934 Birthday Giorgio Armani, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, American Gigolo 1929 Birthday Giorgio Gaslini, composer 1923 Birthday Giorgio Belladonna, bridge champion 1923 Birthday Giorgio Tozzi, born in Chicago, Illinois, basso 1922 Birthday Giorgio Manganelli, writer 1921 Birthday Giorgio Strehler, theatre director 1916 Birthday Giorgio Bassani, Italian writer, Botteghe Oscure 1914 Birthday Giorgio Almirante, born in Italy, fascist, member of parliament, 1948-87, 1907 Birthday Giorgio Nataletti, composer 1892 Birthday Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer 1892 Birthday Giorgio Cesana, born in Italy, coxswain, Olympics gold 1906 1890 Birthday Giorgio Morandi, Italian Artist 1888 Birthday Giorgio De Chirico, born in Greece, Metaphysical painter, Soothsayer 1882 Birthday Giorgio Abetti, Italian astronomer, Solar physics 1511 Birthday Giorgio Vasari, Italy, painter/art historian, Vasari's Lives 1510 Death Il Giorgione, Giorgio del Castelfranco, Italian painter, dies at 32
