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Federico Fellini's iconic film La Dolce Vita is released. Capturing life in a newly affluent
postwar Rome, the film is nominated for four Academy Awards.
1966
A devastating flood inundates Florence in early November, leaving around 100 people
dead, 5000 families homeless and 14,000 movable artworks damaged. The flood is the
city's worst since 1557.
1970
Parliament approves the country's first-ever divorce legislation. Unwilling to accept this
'defeat', the Christian Democrats call a referendum to annul the law in 1974. Italians vote
against the referendum.
1980
A bomb in Bologna kills 85 and injures hundreds more. The Red Brigades and a Fascist
cell both claim responsibility. Analysis later points to possible para-state terrorism in Oper-
ation Gladio.
1980
At 7.34pm on 25 November, a 6.8-Richter scale earthquake strikes Campania. The quake
kills almost 3000 people and causes widespread damage, including in the city of Naples.
1995
Maurizio Gucci, heir to the Gucci fashion empire, is gunned down outside his Milan of-
fices. Three years later, his estranged wife Patrizia Reggiani is jailed for ordering his
murder.
2001
Silvio Berlusconi's right-wing Casa delle Libertà (Liberties House) coalition wins an abso-
lute majority in national polls. The following five years are marked by economic stagna-
tion.
2004-05
Tension between rival Camorra clans explodes on the streets of suburban Naples. In only
four months, almost 50 people are gunned down in retribution attacks.
2005
Pope John Paul II dies aged 84, prompting a wave of sorrow and chants of ' santo subito' ('saint-
hood now'). He is succeeded by Benedict XVI, the German Cardinal Ratzinger.
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