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Federico Fellini directs La Strada ('The Road'), starring his wife, Giulietta Masina, and Antony Quinn
Sicilian author Giuseppe de Lampedusa completes his novel The Leopard, but does not live to see it published
Six founding nations (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, West Germany) establish the European Economic Community (EEC)
John Cranko's version of Romeo and Juliet, to Prokofiev's score, is premiered by La Scala Ballet in Venice
Angelo Roncalli is elected pope and takes the name John XXIII
Pope John XXIII summons a second Vatican Council
Italian firm director Michelangelo Antonioni makes L'Avventura, with Monica Vitti in the leading role
Italian film director Federico Fellini makes La Dolce Vita, an episodic study of life along the Via Veneto in Rome
Fellini's Dolce Vita features the work of the distinguished painter of still lives, Giorgio Morandi
Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti makes his operatic debut in Reggio Emilia, as Rodolfo in La Bohème
The Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican begins, 94 years after the start of the First Vatican Council under Pius IX
Pope John XXIII dies, only a few month's after the start of the great Vatican council that he has summoned
Italian cardinal Giovanni Montini is elected pope and takes the name Paul VI
The Second Vatican Council issues a decree recognizing the legitimacy and apostolic origins of many of the beliefs and practices of the Greek Orthodox church
Sergio Leone directs A Fistful of Dollars, the first of his three 'spaghetti westerns' starring Clint Eastwood
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras preside over simultaneous ceremonies, in Rome and Istanbul, revoking the mutual excommunications of 1054
The Second Vatican Council ends, having made some radical changes in the ritual and attitudes of the Roman Catholic church
Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras issue a joint declaration, emphasizing mutual respect for each other's traditions
Ezra Pound publishes his last collection of cantos, Drafts and Fragments of Cantos CX - CXVII
Pope Paul VI issues the encyclical Humanae Vitae, condemning all methods of artificial birth control
Italian composer Luciano Berio completes his Sinfonia for eight voices and orchestra
Italian playwright Dario Fo's black comedy Accidental Death of an Anarchist has its premiere in Milan
Bernardo Bertolucci directs Marlon Brando in the sexually explicit film Last Tango in Paris
Former Italian prime minister Aldo Moro is abducted and assassinated by the terrorist Red Brigades
Italian cardinal Albino Luciani is elected pope and takes the name John Paul I
