1072    Robert Guiscard conquers Palermo.

1194    Palermo is conquered by Emperor Henry VI.

1849    Troops of the Two Sicilies take Palermo and crush the republican government of Sicily

1860    Giuseppe Garibaldi begins his attack on Palermo, Sicily, as part of the Italian Unification.

1943    World War II: Allied forces capture the Italian city of Palermo.

1963    Ciaculli massacre: a car bomb, intended for Mafia boss Salvatore Greco, kills seven between police officers and military personnel near Palermo.

1991    Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

1992    Anti-Mafia Judge Paolo Borsellino is killed by a Mafia car bomb in Palermo, Italy together with five police officers.

1993    Italian former minister and Christian Democracy leader Giulio Andreotti is accused of mafia allegiance by the tribunal of Palermo.