Domenico Modugno
1928 – 1994 · aged 66
Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)
- Born
- 9 Jan 1928 · Polignano a Mare
- Died
- 6 Aug 1994 · Lampedusa
Life timeline
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- 9 Jan 1928BornBorn in Polignano a Mare
- 1958AwardSanremo Music Festival
- 1959AwardGrammy Award for Record of the Year
- 1959AwardGrammy Award for Song of the Year
- 1959AwardSanremo Music Festival
- 1962AwardSanremo Music Festival
- 1966AwardSanremo Music Festival
- 1974AwardPremio Tenco
- 1987 – 1990RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of the Italian Republic
- 1990 – 1992RoleMember of the Senate of the Italian Republic
- 6 Aug 1994DiedDied in Lampedusa
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Meanwhile in the world
Major world events during their lifetime (1928 – 1994).
- 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
- 19341934 FIFA World Cup
- 19361936 Summer Olympics
- 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
- 19381938 FIFA World Cup
- 1938Munich Agreement
- 1939 – 1940Winter War
- 1939 – 1945World War II
- 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
- 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
- 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
- 1941Operation Barbarossa
- 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
- 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
- 19501950 FIFA World Cup
- 1950 – 1953Korean War
- 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
- 19541954 FIFA World Cup
- 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
- 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
- 1956Suez Crisis
- 19581958 FIFA World Cup
- 1959Antarctic Treaty System
- 19621962 FIFA World Cup
- 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
- 19661966 FIFA World Cup
- 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
- 1968Prague Spring
- 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
- 19721972 Summer Olympics
- 19741974 FIFA World Cup
- 19781978 FIFA World Cup
- 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
- 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
- 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
- 19841984 Summer Olympics
- 1985Schengen Agreement
- 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
- 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
Biography
Domenico Modugno (Italian pronunciation: [doˈmeːniko moˈduɲɲo]; 9 January 1928 – 6 August 1994) was an Italian singer, songwriter, actor and, later in life, a member of the Italian Parliament. He is known for his 1958 international hit song "Nel blu dipinto di blu", for which he received the first Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year. He is considered the first Italian cantautore.
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