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Italy in 2006

Historical records for Italy in 2006, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.

6Records
6Events
6Named people
3Places
4Categories

Historical records

June

15 June 2006Brussels European CouncilRomano Prodi

Brussels · Government / European Economic Community (EEC)

Represents Italy as leaders discuss the Union's future after the constitutional treaty ratification crisis.

July

9 July 20062006 Final EqualizerMarco Materazzi

Berlin · Sport / Football

Heads Italy level in the World Cup final against France.

9 July 2006Italy World Cup CaptainFabio Cannavaro

Berlin · Sport / Football

Captains Italy to its fourth FIFA World Cup title.

9 July 2006Winning World Cup Shootout PenaltyFabio Grosso

Berlin · Sport / Football

Converts the decisive penalty as Italy defeat France in the final shootout.

Other Events

2006Moving Puncture MethodManuela Campanelli

Science / Physics

With collaborators, demonstrates a moving-puncture method that enables stable long-term numerical simulations of orbiting and merging black holes.

2006Venus South Polar VortexGiuseppe Piccioni

Venus · Science / Astronomy

Venus Express infrared observations reveal the complex structure of the planet's south polar atmospheric vortex.

Names involved

Fabio CannavaroFabio GrossoGiuseppe PiccioniManuela CampanelliMarco MaterazziRomano Prodi

Places involved

BerlinBrusselsVenus

Provenance

This page is generated from stored World History Database records matching the exact country and year shown above. Exact duplicate display records are collapsed. Records without a month are listed after the monthly sections. Source provenance varies by record; formal academic citation should be checked against the relevant primary source, archive or specialist historical reference.