1949

Grande Torino

On May 4th the airplane taking back home the team of Grande Torino that had played a friendly match against Benfica in Lisbon, crashes into the back wall of the embankment of the Basilica di Superga. No-one of the 31 passengers on board will survive. The funerals take place two days later in Duomo di Torino, the city cathedral where over 600,000 people, fans and non-fans, converge to pay homage to the team.

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