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1983 Thanks to a sophisticated system of
controlled explosions, a lava flow from
Mount Etna is deviated for the first time
1980 A DC9 plane
crashes near Ustica,
with 81 victims.
The cause of the
accident has never 1984 The former
been explained
mayor of Palermo,
Vito Ciancimino,
is arrested
1966 A landslide
at Agrigento, perhaps
caused by illegal 1987 In a trial
building construction, in Palermo 2011 Celebrations are held all over
leaves 10,000 hundreds of 1995 After years in Sicily for the 150th anniver sary of
people homeless Mafiosi are hiding, top Mafia boss Italian Unification
condemned to
a total of 2,600 Totò Riina is arrested
years in prison. 2014 Rescue operation
1968 A huge The verdict is 2006 After 43 years Mare Nostrum brings 4,000
quake in the Belice based on the on the run, Mafia refugees from Africa and
Valley claims over confessions of godfather Bernardo the Middle East to Sicily
400 victims Tommaso Provenzano is
Buscetta arrested in Sicily
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020
1972 In May a plane crashes near Punta 2009 A mudslide caused by torrential rain
Raisi, the Palermo airport, and 115 people leaves 24 dead and 35 missing near Messina
are killed. In December, Mafia boss
Tommaso Buscetta is arrested; he is the first 2002 The ancient bronze
Mafioso to cooperate with Italian justice
Satiro Danzante is discovered
by fishermen off the coast of
1971 Another eruption of Mazara del Vallo. Etna erupts
Mount Etna. In Palermo, the again, completely destroying
Mafia kills Public Prosecutor the cableway
Pietro Scaglione
1992 In July Paolo Borsellino, the
magistrate who worked with
Falcone, is assassinated in Palermo

1968 Clashes between farm
labourers and police at 1992 In May Judge Giovanni Falcone, for years a huge thorn
Avola cause two deaths in the side of the Mafia, is killed in an ambush near Capaci

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