17/11/15  |  History
17 November 1869: Opening for navigation of the Suez Canal
Wednesday - Opening to navigation of the Suez Canal solemnly inaugurated with a long line of ships, at the head of which the Aigle, imperial yacht ...
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16/11/15  |  History
16 November 1895: Italian ships in defense of compatriots during the "Hamidian massacres"
Saturday - The 1a Division of the Active Naval Team (battleships Re Umberto and Andrea Doria, Stromboli and Etruria torpedo boats, Partenope torpedo cruiser) at ...
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16/11/15  |  History
16 November 1876: The first "cruise ship" enters service
Thursday - The steamship Cristoforo Colombo enters service in Venice, the first "cruise ship", part of the "Riboty" naval program of the 1872, forerunner of the future ...
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13/11/15  |  History
13 November 1891: The Royals at the inauguration of the National Exposition in Palermo
Friday - Transportation America under the command of vessel captain Carlo Alberto Puliga Quigini with the King and Queen on board to sail from Naples to Palermo with the honor escort ...
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12/11/15  |  History
54 years ago the Kindu massacre
54 years have passed since the tragic days of Kindu, the first international mission that the Air Force, with the personnel and means of the 46 ^ Air Brigade of Pisa, faced ...
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12/11/15  |  History
12 November 1903: Liguria in Santo Domingo to protect compatriots
Thursday - After a long stay in New Orleans where he had received an excellent welcome from the authorities and citizens, the torpedo boat Liguria under the command of the captain of ...
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11/11/15  |  History
11 November 1910: Delivery of combat flags for Riflemen, Alpine, Pontiere, Carabiniere and Corazziere
Friday - In Livorno, during a solemn ceremony, the flags of combat are given to the destroyers Fuciliere (commander, captain of Corvette Galdino ...
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09/11/15  |  History
"And I pay for the plane!", Porec 8 November 1916
Waters of Porec, in Istria, dawn of 8 November 1916. Thick fog. Cold and humidity penetrate the bones through leather jackets. Water polish and lining ...
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09/11/15  |  History
09 November 1897: Peace treaty signed for the Crete crisis
Tuesday - In Greece the peace treaty between Greece and the Sublime Porte is signed. Greece thanks to ...
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08/11/15  |  History
08 November 1900: The Cross established by seniority of service
Thursday - The Cross for seniority of service coined in gold is installed, surmounted by the royal crown for ...
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07/11/15  |  History
07 November 1915: Sinking of the "Ancona" steamer
Sunday - Late morning the Germanic submarine U 38 (commander, vessel lieutenant Max Valentiner) flying ...
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05/11/15  |  History
05 November 1916: The armed train arrives
The armed train No. 1, intervenes with cannons from 120 against three Austrian destroyers that have bombed the ...
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05/11/15  |  History
05 November 1911: First flight in Italy by seaplane
Sunday - Captain GN Alessandro Guidoni, pilot, flies a Farman terrestrial biplane on the coast of Spezia ...
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04/11/15  |  History
04 November 1918: Victory Day
In addition to conquering Victory over the sea, the Navy fights alongside the Army in the battle of Vittorio Veneto ...
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04/11/15  |  History
04 November 1903: Giolitti Minister of the Navy waiting for Admiral Carlo Mirabello
Wednesday - Following the resignation presented to the King on October 21 by Prime Minister Avv. Giuseppe Zanardelli who ...
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02/11/15  |  History
02 November 1915: New weapons introduced for the Great War
Tuesday - The first two motorboats "SVAN from 12 tons" (Built on a project by the Società Veneziana Automobili ...
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01/11/15  |  History
01 November 1918: The sinking of Viribus Unitis
The eldest of the Naval Genius Raffaele Rossetti and the medical lieutenant of the Navy Raffaele Paolucci violate the ...
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01/11/15  |  History
01 November 1893: Adopted the time with reference to the Greenwich meridian
Wednesday - The central European meridian time is adopted which is an hour ahead of Greenwich mean time. TO...
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31/10/15  |  History
31 October 1916: Sibenik bombing
The M6 ​​airship, supported by the Alpine, Carabiniere and Rifleman destroyers, attacks Sibenik, releasing 660 ...
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31/10/15  |  History
31 October 1915: war bulletin
The enemy's official bulletins have stated that the bombing of Venice, in the night on the 25 and in ...
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Tribute (due) to the 80th "Roma" infantry who takes leave with honor

Well, yes, we are now used to witnessing the closure of the barracks and perhaps even a little to burying the long history of the departments, a phenomenon which however does not erase the memories. It also touched...

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"Il Signor Parolini" (ninth part)

The baked chicken, as expected, had lived up to its reputation, consolidating, where needed, the undisputed culinary mastery of Gastone, chief ...

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The Last Ethnic Cleansing: Nagorno Karabakh
At the end of September this month, it will be one year since the exodus of the Armenian population expelled by the armed forces of Azerbaijan with the support of Turkey in Nagorno Karabakh (this is...
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Letter to Difesa Online: "Are the chiefs of staff also censored now?"
Dear director, I have read the speech given by General Masiello to the 40th of the Lagunari and, remembering having read the Army Press Release (it dates back to 25 June, you were not...
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