When Gianfranco Fini visited Israel in late November 2003 in the function of Italian Deputy Prime Minister, he labeled the racial laws issued by the fascist regime in 1938 as " infamous ", as also Giorgio Almirante, historic leader of MSI, had done before.

When, during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, the League accused Italian soldiers of targeting Red Cross medical tents, Benito Mussolini responded that " the League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out.

When, in 1887, the French and Italian Governments agreed upon moving the mortal remains of Rossini into the Basilica di Santa Croce, in Florence, Alboni, then a sixty-one-year-old lady living in seclusion, wrote to the Italian Foreign Minister, Di Robilant, proposing that the Petite Messe Solennelle, " the last musical composition by Rossini ", be performed in Santa Croce the day of the funeral, and " demanding the honour, as an Italian and a pupil of the immortal Maestro ," of singing it herself in her " dear and beloved homeland ".

When King Aistulf of the Lombards availed himself of the Italian dissent and invaded the Exarchate of Ravenna in 751, one of his first acts was to institute a crushing poll tax of one gold solidus per head on every Roman citizen.

When in 1494 Charles VIII of France invaded the Italian states to claim the Kingdom of Naples, Pisa grabbed the opportunity to reclaim its independence as the Second Pisan Republic.

When in 1956 Italian editors had no more new Floyd Gottfredson's stories to reprint, he was given the responsibility to continue Gottfredson's stories about Mickey Mouse.

When the Saxons regrouped, a peace treaty was negotiated whereby the Italian Saxons were allowed to settle with their families in Austrasia.

When performed in Italian, the opera is called Don Carlo.

When it was performed in Paris in 1752, it prompted the so-called Querelle des Bouffons (" quarrel of the comic actors ") between supporters of serious French opera by the likes of Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau and supporters of new Italian comic opera.

When director Mario Bonnard fell ill during the production of the 1959 Italian epic The Last Days of Pompeii ( Gli Ultimi Giorni di Pompei ), starring Steve Reeves, Leone was asked to step in and complete the film.

When established in 1936, Italian East Africa covered the former Italian Eritrea and Italian Somaliland and the recently conquered Ethiopia.

When the northern Italian cities inflicted a defeat on Frederick at Alessandria in 1175, the European world was shocked that such a thing could happen.

When he was informed of the massacres of Italian prisoners, Omar Bradley told Patton that U. S. troops had murdered some 50 – 70 prisoners in cold blood.

When the War of the Polish Succession began in 1733, Philip and Elisabeth saw another opportunity to advance the claims of their sons and recover at least part of the former possessions of the Spanish crown on the Italian peninsula.

When Italian duchess Catherine de ' Medici married the Duke of Orléans ( Henry II of France ) in 1533, she is said to have brought with her to France some Italian chefs who had recipes for flavoured ices or sorbets.

When Italy entered World War I on 24 May 1915, Padua was chosen as the main command of the Italian Army.

When war broke out between England and France as a result of the Italian Wars, James found himself in a difficult position as an ally by treaty both to France and England.

When Italian authorities expropriated convents and monasteries of Catholic orders, turning them into administration or military buildings, Cardinal Pecci protested but acted moderately.

When the Italian state took over Catholic schools, Pecci, fearing for his theological seminary, simply added all secular topics from other schools and opened the seminary to non-theologians.

When Leo's Italian up-and-coming rival Johnny Caspar ( Polito ) announces his intentions to kill bookie Bernie Bernbaum ( Turturro ), Leo goes against Tom's advice and extends his protection to Bernie.

When a chain in which a player owns stock is acquired by a larger chain, players earn money based on the size of the acquired chain.

When in form, Nimzowitsch was very dangerous with the black pieces, scoring many fine wins over top players.

When the shuttlecock is well below net height, players have no choice but to hit upwards.

When the shuttlecock is near to net height, players can hit drives, which travel flat and rapidly over the net into the opponents ' rear midcourt and rearcourt.

When defending against a smash, players have three basic options: lift, block, or drive.

When twenty-one was introduced in the United States, gambling houses offered bonus payouts to stimulate players ' interest.

When the deal is complete, all players pick up their cards, or ' hand ', and hold them in such a way that the faces can be seen by the holder of the cards but not the other players, or vice versa depending on the game.

When patched together, these phrases combined to create musical pieces which could be performed by human players.

When Dave Wesely entered the service in 1970, his friend and fellow Napoleonics wargamer Dave Arneson began a medieval variation of Wesely's Braunstein games, where players control individuals instead of armies.

When the Western renamed itself the American League for 1900, it was still a minor league, but next year it broke with the National Agreement and declared itself major, openly competing with the National League for players, and for fans in three contested cities.

When bluegrass bass players slap the string by pulling it until it hits the fingerboard or hit the strings against the fingerboard, it adds the high-pitched percussive " clack " or " slap " sound to the low-pitched bass notes, sounding much like the clacks of a tap dancer.

When these or H-shaped goal posts are used in football, the lower portions of the posts are covered with several inches of heavy foam padding to protect the safety of the players.

When the club was formed in 1873 uniforms were not available, and most players wore Navy Blue work guernseys.

When all four dragons are defeated by players and are dead at the same time, The Sleeper awakes, triggering a rampage of death.

When CBC was denied a new licensing agreement with MLBAM ( they had acquired the rights from the baseball players ' association ) for its fantasy baseball game, CBC filed suit.

When four or fewer players play, a normal 32-card deck without jokers, with ranks ranging from ace to seven, is used.

When the ball is played on the right side of the field, the defensive players on the right side move upfield.

When faced by an exceptionally loud stadium, players may be unable to hear the snap count, and are forced to concentrate more on visual cues ( silent snap count or a hard count ), or risk false start penalties.

When he retired in 2001, he remained one of the most beloved players in the Turkish and Romanian championships.

When jazz guitar players improvise, they may use the scales, modes, and arpeggios associated with the chords in a tune's chord progression.

When jazz guitar players improvise, they use the scales, modes, and arpeggios associated with the chords in a tune's chord progression.

When players run out of hexagons to build the island, the game is over.

When a small bridge is unavailable for some very low notes, some players may, as an emergency measure, use a bridge upside down.

When the National League's chief counsel, future Senator George Wharton Pepper referred to the activities of baseball players on the field as " labor ", Landis interrupted him: " As a result of 30 years of observation, I am shocked because you call playing baseball ' labor.