1980 in Italy

Incumbents

• President – Sandro Pertini
• Prime Minister – Francesco Cossiga ; Arnaldo Forlani

Events

• 27 June – Ustica Massacre: Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the Tyrrhenian Sea mid-flight from Bologna to Palermo, killing all 81 people on board.
• 2 August – A terrorist attack at Bologna Centrale railway station kills 85 people and injures over 200.

Birth

• 19 January – Anna Incerti, runner
• 17 June – Elisa Rigaudo, race walker
• 23 June – Francesca Schiavone, tennis player
• 26 July – Giulia Pignolo, sailor
• 7 October – Clarissa Claretti, hammer thrower

Deaths

• 1 January
• * Aldo Aimi, footballer
• * Pietro Nenni, politician
• 6 January – Piersanti Mattarella, President of Sicily
• 9 January – Gaetano Belloni, road racing cyclist
• 22 January – Teresa Noce, labour leader, activist and journalist
• 27 January – Peppino De Filippo, actor
• 28 January – Franco Evangelisti, composer
• 7 February – Secondo Campini, jet pioneer
• 21 February – Aldo Andreotti, mathematician
• 26 February – Mario Mattoli, Italian director and screenwriter