Reggio Emilia From the arrest of Enzo Tortora to the death of the banker Enrico Cuccia, passing through the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo, the 1996 flood in AltaVersilia, the nomination of Nilde Iotti as president of the Chamber, the election of Pope Paul VI and the two goals of Maradona against England at the World Cup. Facts and characters at the center of the anniversaries from 17 to 23 June chosen and commented by the director of Gazzetta di Reggio, Gazzetta di Modena and La Nuova Ferrara Cristiano Meoni, who makes his debut as a columnist on “Il giorno e la Storia”, the Rai Cultura program created by Giovanni Paolo Fontanabroadcast every day at 0.10am and repeated at 8.30am, 11.30am, 2pm and 8.10pm on Rai Storia.
The week opens with the most notorious miscarriage of justice in Italian history. It was June 17, 1983 when the host Enzo Tortora he is arrested on charges of proximity to the Camorra on the basis of false testimonies. He will be acquitted three years later. In focus, Tuesday, Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo after 8 hours of battle against the European armies under the command of the Duke of Wellington. Remembrance Wednesday goes to the flood of Alta Versilia of 19 June 1996 and its 15 victims. A 12-hour storm sweeps away the town of Fornovolasco and submerges Cardoso. At the center of reflection, Thursday, the appointment of Nilde Iotti, from Reggio Emilia, as president of the Chamber of Deputies on 20 June 1979, the first woman to lead Montecitorio. She will run the courtroom for almost 13 years, a record. It’s Friday the election of Pope Paul VI, on 21 June 1963. With the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council initiated by Pope John XXIII, it will bring about a radical change in the relations between Church and State. They are celebrated on Saturday Maradona’s two goals – the one scored “a bit with the hand of God” and the “best ever” one – which led Argentina to victory against England in the quarter-finals of the World Cup on 22 June 1986. Meoni’s week ends with the death of the banker, protagonist of Italian finance and economy, Enrico Cuccia, June 23, 2000: an enigmatic character yet to be discovered. L
