1990 Event Heavy earthquake strikes Sicily, 18 die 1974 Event Mount Etna in Sicily erupted 1972 Event Alitalia DC-8 crashes west of Palermo Sicily; killing 115 1971 Event Mount Etna erupts in Sicily Italy 1970 Event Arthur Brown arrested for stripping on stage in Palemo Sicily 1968 Birthday Maria Grazia Cucinotta, born in Messina, Sicily, actress, Postman 1967 Event Earthquake in Sicily kills 231 1956 Event -5 degrees F (15 degrees C) in Sicily 1945 Death George S Patton, U.S. General (Sicily/Normandy), dies in car crash at 60 1943 Event Lieutenant-general Bradley flies to Carthago/Algiers Sicily 1943 Event General Castellano signs cease fire treaty in Sicily 1943 Event General Patton enters Messina, completing conquest of Sicily by Allies 1943 Event 1st Long Tom bombs on Italian mainland (from Sicily) 1943 Event U.S. amphibians land at Brolo on north coast of Sicily 1943 Event U.S. amphibians land at St. Agata on North coast of Sicily 1943 Event U.S. 1st Infantry division occupies node Troina Sicily 1943 Event Sicily: 3 U.S. A-36's bomb British headquarter 1943 Event U.S. forces led by General George Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily 1943 Event British assault on Catania Sicily 1943 Event Counter attack by Hermann Goering Armour division in Sicily 1943 Event U.S. 45th Division occupies airport Comiso, Sicily 1943 Event U.S. 82nd Airborne division shot at, by "friendly fire" in Sicily 1943 Event U.S. and Britain invade Sicily in WW II, Operation Husky 1943 Event U.S. invasion fleet of 96 ships sails to Sicily 1943 Event British invades Pantelleria, tiny island south of Sicily 1943 Event Joint Chiefs of Staff determine invasion in Sicily for July 10th 1943 Event Joint Chiefs of Staff decide on invasion in Sicily 1937 Birthday Daniela Rocca, born in Sicily, actress, Battle of Austerlitz, Empty Canvas 1930 Event Stomboli volcano (Sicily) throws 2-ton basaltic rocks 2 miles 1925 Event Italian sub "Sebastiano Veniero" lost off Sicily with 54 dead 1922 Birthday Adolfo Celi, born in Sicily, Italy, director, Next Man, Murders in Rue Morgue 1907 Birthday James Gavin, U.S., 82nd Airborne Div General, Sicily/Normandy 1896 Birthday Charles "Lucky" Luciano, Sicily, New York City Mafia gangster 1894 Event Revolution in Sicily crushed by government troops 1892 Birthday Frank Puglia, born in Sicily, Italy, actor, Black Orchid, Jungle Book 1885 Birthday George S Patton, U.S. general, Sicily/Italy/Normandy, "Old Blood and Guts" 1859 Death Ferdinand II, Re Bomba, Dutch King of Sicily, dies at 49 1848 Event Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press) 1848 Event People's uprising in Palermo Sicily 1825 Death Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies 1825 Death Ferdinand I, King of Sicily/Naples (Ferdinand IV), dies at 73 1810 Birthday Ferdinand II, king of Sicily 1781 Birthday Ferdinand K J, archduke of Austria-Este/Governor-General, Sicily 1751 Birthday Ferdinand I, king of Sicily and Naples 1740 Event Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily 1693 Event Mount Etna erupts, Sicily 1669 Event Mount Etna in Sicily erupts, destroying Nicolosi, killing 20,000 1516 Death Ferdinand II, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 63 1493 Event Last day for all Jews to leave Sicily 1492 Event 100,000 Jews expelled from Sicily 1458 Death Alfonso V, King of Aragon/Sicily/Naples (Alfonso I), dies 1452 Birthday Ferdinand II, the Catholic, King of Aragon/Sicily, expelled Jews 1430 Event Jews of Sicily are no longer required to attend conversionist services 1428 Event King Alfonso V, orders Sicily's Jews to attend conversion sermons 1416 Death Ferdinand I, the Justified, king of Aragon/Sicily, dies at 52 1387 Death Pedro IV, king of Aragon/conqueror of Sicily, dies at 67 1373 Birthday Ferdinand I, the Righteous, king of Aragon/Sicily 1282 Event King Pedro III of Aragonorth annexes Sicily 1266 Death Manfred, bastard son of Emperor Frederik II/king of Sicily, dies 1194 Birthday Frederick II, Iesi Italy, German Emperor, 1212-1250, King of Sicily 1194 Death Tancredo of Lecce, King of Sicily, dies 1166 Death Willem I, the Bad, king of Sicily (1154-66) 1156 Event Battle at Brindisi: King Willem of Sicily beats Byzantine fleet 1154 Death Rogier II Guiscard, King of Sicily (1101-54), dies at 60 1130 Event Anti-pope Anacletus II crowns Roger II the Norman, king of Sicily 902 Event Aghlabidisch emir Ibrahim II destroys Taormina, Sicily
