Leicester City Historic Championship
Ranieri wins the Premier League with Leicester after Tottenham draw with Chelsea, completing one of England's greatest sporting upsets.
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2016 in Italy
Explore 6 historical events and records for Italy in 2016.
Historical records for Italy in 2016
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Large Hadron Collider Luminosity
Sees Large Hadron Collider performance exceed expectations as ATLAS and CMS rapidly accumulate substantially more Run 2 collision data.
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Eco Dies in Milan
Eco died in Milan, leaving an influential body of fiction, criticism and semiotic scholarship.
Golden Bear for Fire at Sea
The film Fire at Sea, directed by Gianfranco Rosi, received the Golden Bear for best film at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.
Immobile Signs for Lazio
Ciro Immobile transfers from Sevilla to Lazio after a loan in Italy and quickly becomes the focal point of the club's attack.
Premier League Championship
Claudio Ranieri wins the 2015/16 Premier League championship with Leicester City and guides Leicester City from 5000-to-1 preseason outsiders to the first top-flight championship in club history.
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