2009 in Italy
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Events of 2009 in Italy.
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[edit] Silvio Berlusconi controversies
Berlusconi is involved in several controversies in relation to his career and personal life.
[edit] Trial of Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito
Knox and Sollecito were tried for and convicted of the Murder of Meredith Kercher.
[edit] L'Aquila earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Abruzzo on 6 April, killing about 300 people.
[edit] Deaths
- 11 January - Pio Laghi, Roman Catholic cardinal (born 1922)
- 9 February - Eluana Englaro, right-to-die patient (born 1970)
- 13 May - Achille Compagnoni, mountaineer (born 1914)
- 6 August - Riccardo Cassin, mountaineer (born 1909)
- 8 September - Mike Bongiorno, television personality (born 1924)
- 20 November - Lino Lacedelli, mountaineer (born 1925)