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This Day in History:
Italian Contributions in the Month of January
January 8
0642 Galileo dies in Arcetri, Italy at the age of 78
1336 Italian Renaissance Painter Giotto di Bondone Italian Renaissance dies
1598 Jews are expelled from Genoa Italy
1777 Composer Filippo Traetta born
1917 Austria-Hungarian troops conquer Forlani, Italy
1930 Belgium Princess Marie-José marries Italian's crown prince Umberto
1952 Tony Bennett has a hit song with "Because of You"
1994 Actor Vittorio Mezzogiorno dies at age 52
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