2009 Event Italian Prime Minister Silvio Burlusconi is knocked to the ground and hit in the face after a political rally in Milan, Italy 2009 Event Former Serbian President Milan Mulutinovic is acquitted of war crimes during the Kosovo War 1994 Event Gas explosion at old age home in Milan, 27 killed 1994 Event AC Milan wins Europe Cup 1: 4-0 against Barcelona 1994 Event Inter Milan wins 23rd UEFA Cup 1993 Event Mafia bombs historical buildings in Rome/Milan/Vatican City, 5 killed 1991 Event Inter Milan wins 20th UEFA Cup at Rome 1990 Event A. C. Milan wins 35th Europe Cup 1 at Vienna 1989 Event A. C. Milan wins 34th Europe Cup 1 at Barcelona 1989 Event Tennis superstar Bjorn Borg, apparently attempts suicide in Milan 1977 Death Frank Milan, actor (Witness), dies at 71 1976 Event Chemical factory in Milan explodes (dioxane cloud) 1975 Event New York Met Felix Milan hits 4 singles; erased by Joe Torres 4 double plays 1974 Event Cards beat Mets, 4-3, in 25 (7h4m), record 202 plate appearances, Felix Milan and John Milner come to bat 12 times each 1973 Birthday Milan Hnilicka, hockey goaltender, Team Czechoslovakia, Gold Medal 1998 Olympics 1973 Event AC Milan wins 13th Europe Cup II in Saloniki 1973 Birthday Edgar Davids, Dutch soccer player, Ajax, AC Milan 1972 Birthday Brigitta Boccoli, Milan, Italy, actress, Manhattan Baby 1972 Birthday Silvia Farina, born in Milan, Italy, tennis star, 1995 Maria Lankowitz doubles 1970 Death Giuseppe Ungaretti, writer, poet, modernist, academic, best known work 'L'allegria' or 'The Joy', dies in Milan, Italy, at age 82, of bronchopneumonia 1969 Event Bomb attack on bank in Milan, 14 killed 1969 Event A. C. Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid 1968 Event A. C. Milan wins 8th Europe Cup II in Rotterdam 1967 Birthday Laura Garrone, born in Milan, Italy, professional tennis player, won five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, ranked 32nd in the World, January 1987 1967 Birthday Laura Golarsa, born in Milan, Italy, professional tennis player, played on the WTA tour from 1985 to 2001, 124 - 184 singles record included wins over Jana Novotna and Zina Garrison 1965 Event Inter Milan wins 10th Europe Cup 1 in Milan 1964 Birthday Marco van Basten, Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan 1964 Event Inter Milan wins 9th Europe Cup 1 in Vienna 1963 Birthday Milan Srejber, Czechoslovakia, tennis star 1963 Event A. C. Milan wins 8th Europe Cup 1 at London 1963 Birthday Madusa Miceli, Debra Ann, Milan Italy, wrestler, WCW 1962 Birthday Frank Rijkaard, Surinam/Dutch soccer star, Ajax, AC Milan 1962 Birthday Ruud Gullit, Suriname/Dutch soccer star, Feyenoord, PSV, AC Milan 1961 Death Milan Stojadinovic, premier of Yugoslavia (1935-39), dies at 73 1961 Death Milan Stoyadinovich, fascist Yugoslavia Prime Minister 1935 - 1939, dies at 73 1960 Birthday Greta Scacchi, Milan Italy, actress, Coca-Cola Kid, White Mischief 1957 Death Ezio F Pinza, Italian bass (Scale of Milan, New York Met Opera), dies 1955 Birthday Enrico Mentana, Milan Italy, Italian newscaster, RAI 1953 Birthday Riccardo Chailly, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, West Berlin Symphony Orchestra 1951 Event Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran and Paul Falk of GER 1951 Event Ladies Figure Skating Champion in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of GRB 1951 Event Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA 1950 Event Carlo Terron's "Processo Agli Innocenti," premieres in Milan 1950 Birthday Loredana Berte, Milan Italy, singer/2nd ex wife of Bjorn Borg 1950 Event Carlo Terrons "Giuditta," premieres in Milan 1949 Birthday Milan Williams, U.S. keyboardist, Commodores-Three Times a Lady 1946 Death Milan Harasta, composer, dies at 26 1942 Birthday Maurizio Pollini, Milan Italy, pianist 1941 Birthday Mariangela Melato, Milan Italy, actress, Flash Gordon, Summer Night 1940 Event Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan) 1938 Death Milan Rakic, Serbian poet (Nove Pesme), dies at 61 1936 Birthday Carla Fracci, Milan Italy, ballerina 1935 Birthday Bruno Canino, born in Naples, Italy, composer, pianist, chamber musician, accompanist, studied with Vincenzo Vitale, and in Milan with Bruno Bettinelli, music director of Biennale di Venezia, recordings include Bach Goldberg Variations 1935 Birthday Ted Dexter, cricketer, in Milan Superb England batsman of 60's 1934 Birthday Giorgio Armani, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, American Gigolo 1934 Birthday Aldo Ceccato, born in Milan, Italy, conductor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra 1973 - 1977 1933 Birthday Claudio Abbado, Milan Italy, composer and conductor, London Symph-1982 1933 Birthday Gian Maria Volonte, born in Milan Italy, actor, Fistful of Dollars 1932 Birthday Valentino, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis 1932 Birthday Valentino [Garavani], Milan Italy, fashion designer 1930 Event Luigi Pirandello's "Come Tu Mi Vuoi," premieres in Milan 1929 Birthday Milan Panic, premier of little Yugoslavia 1929 Birthday Milan Stibilj, composer 1929 Birthday Milan Kundera, Czechoslovakian poet and writer, Joke, Unbearable Lightness of Being 1926 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Turandot," premieres in Milan 1925 Birthday Valentina Cortesa, Milan Italy, actress, Kidnap Syndicate 1923 Birthday Servaas "Faas" Wilkes, Dutch soccer star, Xerxes/Fortuna/Inter Milan 1923 Birthday Cesare Siepi, Milan Italy, basso, New York Metropolitan Opera 1919 Birthday Milan Harasta, composer 1919 Event Benito Mussolini forms Fascist movement in Milan, Italy 1917 Birthday Patricia Burke, born in Milan, Italy, actress, Forbidden 1913 Birthday Carlo Ponti, Milan Italy, married to Sophia Loren/director, 2 Women 1911 Birthday Nino Rota, Milan Italy, composer, Torquemada 1910 Event 1st 2 aircraft collision (Milan Italy) 1908 Birthday Milan Ristic, composer 1906 Birthday Luchino Visconti, born in Milan, Italy, director, Damned, Death in Venice 1904 Event Gabriele d'Annunzio's "La figlia di Iorio," premieres in Milan 1904 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Madama Butterfly," premieres in Milan 1901 Death Milan I, king of Serbia, dies at 56 1896 Event The opera "Andrea Chenier" is produced (Milan) 1896 Event Umberto Giordano's opera "Andrea Chenier," premieres in Milan 1893 Birthday Carlo Emilio Gadda, born in Milan, Italy, writer, poet, innovator of pre-war Italian language with dialects, jargon, wordplay 1893 Event Verdi's opera "Falstaff" premieres in Milan 1892 Event Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera "Pagliacci," premieres in Milan 1888 Birthday Milan Stoyadinovich, born in Serbia, fascist Yugoslavia PM, 1935-39 1882 Event Monarch Milan Obrenovic of Serbia crowns himself king 1881 Birthday Ettore Arco Isidoro Bugatti, Milan, race car builder, Amaz Bugattis 1876 Birthday Milan Rakic, Serbian poet, Pesme 1876 Event Amiliare Ponchielli's opera "La Gioconda," premieres in Milan 1870 Event The opera "Guarany," premieres in Milan 1868 Event Arrigo Boito's opera "Mefistofele," premieres in Milan 1854 Birthday Milan I, King of Serbia 1848 Event Ballet "Faust" premieres, Milan 1847 Birthday Thomas A. Edison, born in Milan, Ohio, American Inventor 1843 Event Opera "I Lombardi," premieres in Milan 1842 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco," premieres in Milan 1839 Event Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Oberte Conti Di," premieres in Milan 1833 Event Gaetano Dinozetti's opera "Lucrezia Borgia," premieres in Milan 1832 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "L'elisir d'amore," premieres in Milan 1831 Event Vincenzo Bellini's opera "Norma," premieres in Milan 1831 Event Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan 1831 Event Vincenzo Bellini's opera "La Sonnambula," premieres in Milan 1830 Event Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Anna Bolena," premieres in Milan 1796 Event French troops occupy Milan 1778 Event Teatro alla Scala opens in Milan 1647 Event French cardinal Mazarin and duke of Modena sign treaty against Milan 1635 Event Armies of Savoye/Mantua/Parma occupy Milan 1572 Death Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 1555 Event Emperor Karel puts son Philip II in charge of Netherlands/Naples/Milan 1540 Event Emperor Karel names his son Philip, duke of Milan 1535 Death Francesco Sforza, Italian ruler (Milan), dies 1527 Event Composer Adrian Willaert moves from Milan to Venice 1526 Event Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1524 Event Spanish troops give Milan to France 1524 Event Duke of Bourbon drives Admiral Bonnivet out of Milan 1521 Event Battle at Milan: Emperor Karel V's/pontifical/Spanish/German troops beat France and occupy Milan 1508 Death Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 1500 Event France captures duke Ludovico Sforza of Milan 1500 Event Duke Ludovico Sforza's troops reconquer Milan 1499 Event French king Louis XII occupies Milan 1499 Event France and Venice sign treaty against Milan 1495 Event Emperor Maximilian, Pope Alexander VI, Milan, King Ferdinand, Isabella and Venice sign anti-French Saint League 1494 Death Gian Galeazzo, Italian duke of Milan (1476-94), dies 1476 Death Galeazzo Maria Sforza, duke of Milan, murdered 1466 Death Francesco Sforza, Italian condottiere/duke of Milan, dies at 64 1454 Event Milan/Venice signs peace of Lodi 1452 Birthday Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, 1494 . .1500 1402 Death Gian Galeazzo Visconti, duke/tyrant of Milan (1395-1402), dies at 51 397 Death Ambrosius, Governor of Liguria/bishop of Milan (374-97)/saint, dies 387 Event Bishop Ambrosius of Milan baptizes Augustinus
