1962 in Italy

Events during the year '''1962 in Italy'''

Incumbents

President – Antonio Segni
Prime Minister – Amintore Fanfani

Events

31 May – Voghera train crash: in Voghera a freight train coming from Milan did not respect a red light and crashed into a train full of passengers headed for Liguria, which was stopped on the third track. It was the most serious Italian rail disaster of the post-war period, with 63 victims.

Births

15 January – Margherita Buy, actress
10 February – Piero Pelù, singer and songwriter
2 March – Gabriele Tarquini, race car driver
29 March – Elena Sofia Ricci, actress
23 September – Cosimo Fusco, actor
30 September – Massimo Bottura, Chef and Restaurateur
14 November – Stefano Gabbana, Fashion Designer
30 December – Alessandra Mussolini, former politician, model and singer

Deaths

28 April – Gianna Beretta Molla, saint
20 May – Alessandro Pirzio Biroli, army general