** Colombo Plan operations commence.

** Central Bank bombing: an explosives-filled truck rams into the gates of the Central Bank in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 86 and injuring 1, 400.

** Colombo Radio launches in Ceylon ; the station is subsequently known as Radio Ceylon.

** Old Parliament Building of Colombo

** Ramón Carnicer, Cristoforo Colombo ( 1831 )

** Luigi Bottesini, Cristoforo Colombo ( 1848 )

** Vincenzo Mela, Cristoforo Colombo ( 1857 )

** Felicita Casella, Cristoforo Colombo ( 1865 )

** University of Colombo, Colombo

** Colombo – Bandaranaike International Airport

** Colombo – Bandaranaike International Airport

** 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

** Gustavus M. Blech, German-American physician and surgeon ( b. 1870 )

** Nikolai Amosov, Ukrainian heart surgeon, inventor, best-selling author, and exercise enthusiast ( d. 2002 )

** Robert Rey, Brazilian-American plastic surgeon and television personality

** William Chester Minor, American surgeon ( b. 1834 )

** Paul Rostock, German surgeon ( d. 1956 )

** James B. Aguayo-Martel, physician, surgeon, scientist, inventor

** Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon and anatomist ( d. 1599 )

** Ambroise Paré, French surgeon ( d. 1590 )

** Flight surgeon, Ship's surgeon, etc.

** Scipion Abeille, French surgeon and poet

** Ocean surgeon, Acanthurus bahianus.

** Dr. Albert M. Schwartz, a vascular surgeon and a Colonel in the US Army.

** Zé Arigó ( 1921-1971 ), a Brazilian psychic surgeon

** The Surgeon, a surgeon for the criminal underworld

** John Desmond Cronin ( 1916 – 1986 ), surgeon and British politician

** Geoff Crawford was instrumental in the development of the Alphacor and the first surgeon to perform LASIK in Western Australia.

** Benjamin Franklin Bache ( 1801 – 1881 ), U. S. Navy surgeon, Richard Bache's grandson