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One of the events in preparation of the 60th anniversary: projection on the Colosseum by the JEF [13] Poster celebrating the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, on the Berlaymont building. In 2017, Rome was the centre of multiple official [14] [15] [16] and popular celebrations.
The Convention on Damage Caused by Foreign Aircraft to Third Parties on the Surface, commonly called the Rome Convention, is an international treaty, concluded at Rome on October 7, 1952. It entered into force on February 4, 1958, and as of 2018 has been ratified by 51 states. [ 1 ]
1957 - Treaty of Rome; 1960 - Rome hosts the 1960 Summer Olympics, with great success. 1962 - Roman Catholic church reforms are brought about with the Second Vatican Council. 1978 - Italian prime minister Aldo Moro is kidnapped and later killed by the Brigate Rosse; Pope John Paul I and Pope John Paul II are made popes in this year.
This reduced the number of attendees to 51, 15 of whom were in Rome on 9 October, [25] 45 of whom were in or near Rome by 16 October. [26] All 51 reached Rome by 22 October. [2] Of the 51 electors who participated in the conclave, 17 were Italians. [27] The required two-thirds plus one majority was 35 votes.
Eleven other people were killed as well, and 65 were injured. [ 66 ] A 300 ft (91 m) diameter weather balloon , described by the U.S. Air Force as "the largest ever launched", crashed into a home in Stockton, California , an hour after being sent up from Vernalis Air Force Base. Mrs. Ben Petero evacuated her six children from the frame house ...
Co-Emperors of Rome: September 249: Verona: Betrayed by Decius and killed as a result of the Battle of Verona. [53] [54] Philip II: Rome: Murdered by the Praetorian Guard. [53] [54] Volusianus: Co-Emperors of Rome: August 253: Terni: Assassinated by their own centurions, in favour of Aemilian. [55] Trebonianus Gallus: Aemilianus: Emperor of ...
The Vatican City came into existence in 1929, a decade before the start of World War II. The Lateran Treaty of 1929 with Italy recognized the sovereignty of Vatican City. It declared Vatican City a neutral country in international relations, and required the Pope to abstain from mediation unless requested by all parties.
The Treaty of Rome founds the European Economic Community. 1958: 22 September: Singer-songwriter Andrea Bocelli is born in Lajatico. 1959: Valentino opens his first atelier, in Rome on Via Condotti. 1960: Italian film director Federico Fellini shoots La Dolce Vita, an episodic study of life along Via Veneto in Rome.