** Dedication of the Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano, Cathedral of the Pope ( memorial feast day )

** Giovanni da Capistrano

** Giovanni Luigi Bonelli, Italian comic book author and writer ( d. 2001 )

** Giovanni Trapattoni, Italian football player and manager

** Nikki Giovanni, American poet

** Giovanni Grasso, Italian film actor ( b. 1888 )

** Giovanni Carrara, Venezuelan Major League Baseball player

** Giovanni da Udine, Italian painter ( b. 1487 )

** Giovanni Comisso, Italian writer ( d. 1969 )

** Giovanni Papini, Italian essayist, poet, and novelist ( d. 1956 )

** Giovanni Enrico Bucher, the Swiss ambassador to Brazil, is kidnapped in Rio de Janeiro ; kidnappers demand the release of 70 political prisoners.

** Giovanni Leone is elected President of the Italian Republic.

** Giovanni Capitello, American filmmaker / actor

** Giovanni Battista Caproni, Italian aeronautical, civil, and electrical engineer, aircraft designer, and industrialist ( d. 1957 )

** Giovanni Verga, Italian writer ( b. 1840 )

** Giovanni Francesco Abela, Maltese writer ( d. 1655 )

** Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Italian Baroque composer ( d. 1609 )

** Giovanni Battista Moroni, Italian mannerist painter ( d. 1578 )

** Giovanni Baglione, Italian painter and historian of art ( d. 1643 )

** Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian architect and painter ( b. 1606 )

** Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer ( d. 1607 )

** Giovanni Berardi, Archbishop of Tarentum ( d. 1449 )

** Giovanni Croce, Italian composer ( d. 1609 )

** Giovanni Battista Michelini, Italian painter ( d. 1655 )

** The French formed the word "< span lang =" fr "> chiffre </ span >" and adopted the Italian word "< span lang =" it "> zero </ span >".

** episode: The Italian Machine ( 1976 ) watch it here ( RealMedia )

** Divina Commedia ( The Divine Comedy ) by Dante Alighieri ( Italian )

** Italian Championship: 6-1979, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996.

** Italian Super Cup: 4-1988, 1992, 1993, 1994.

** Top Scorer Italian Cup: ( 4 goals ) Total ( 15 goals ) Italian Cup.

** Italian League The best player of the year.

** Named Italian Player of the 20th century by FIGC

** Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Silver Ribbons for Best Cinematography in B & W ( Gianni Di Venanzo ), Best Director ( Federico Fellini ), Best Original Story ( Fellini and Flaiano ), Best Producer ( Angelo Rizzoli ), Best Score ( Nino Rota ), Best Screenplay ( Fellini, Pinelli, Flaiano, Rondi ), and Best Supporting Actress ( Sandra Milo )

** Italian Delegation of Experts, from 1997 ( Albania ) – 28 soldiers

** Italian Military Mission of Technical Assistance, from 1988 ( Malta ) – 36 soldiers

** Oscan, which was spoken in the south-central region of the Italian Peninsula

** Umbrian ( not to be confused with the modern Umbrian dialect of Italian ), which was spoken in the north-central region

** Panzer General, SSI ( 1994 ), video game ; strategic simulation game: Sea Lion ' 40 and Sea Lion Plus ( the latter with prestige points used to take over Gibraltar allowing Italian naval assistance ) scenarios are available given major victories in early operations, or the Sea Lion ' 43 after initial delays and later major victories in North Africa or Russia.

** Florence: 3D Panoramas of Florentine Renaissance Sites ( English / Italian )

** Many languages, such as Bulgarian, Swedish, Norwegian, Frisian, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Polish, Ukrainian, Dutch and most Occitan variants, use trilled rhotics.

** Southern ( Campidanese Sardinian ), more influenced by Spanish and continental Italian according to Max Leopold Wagner:

** 4 written tests prepared by each examining board: Italian, Mathematics, and the two foreign languages

** Italian Language and Literature, decided at national level and the same for all examinees: either a text comprehension and critique, or the writing of an essay

** 3 Silver Ribbons awarded by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Production Design

** Luca Toni, Italian footballer

** Domenico Fioravanti, Italian swimmer

** Igor Cassina, Italian gymnast

** Monica Bellucci, Italian actress and model