The events, characters and anniversaries of the week from 4 to 10 July will be the protagonists of "The day and the story", the Rai Cultura program signed by Giovanni Paolo Fontana which will see the director of L'Unione Sarda as a columnist , Emanuele Dessì . The broadcast, broadcast every day at 00.10 and replicated at 8.30, 11.30, 14.00 and 20.10 on Rai Storia, will examine some of the seven-day historical events.

Monday, July 4 marks the public launch of the Fiat “Nuova 500” in 1957. The presentation is a half fiasco and the car manufacturer in November takes action with a second series. The very successful adventure of the New 500 ended on 1 August 1975 with over 5 million cars produced.

On Tuesday 5 July, time travels back to 1294, the day of the election of Pope Celestine V , after 27 months of Conclave. Hermit and mystic does not last long and, only 4 months after his coronation, he decides to abdicate.

Wednesday 6 July Dessì recalls the first anti-rabies vaccine practiced by Louis Pasteur on a human being, in 1885, while on Thursday 7 July the birth of Montedison , the Italian chemical giant, in 1966. Company that was formed by the merger between Montecatini, the largest chemical company in the country, and Edison, number one in the field of electricity.

Thursday 8 July the protagonist is Sandro Pertini , elected president of the Republic in 1978. A very popular character, a man with a direct and frank character, whose personal story brings him closer to ordinary people.

Friday 9 July here are the Azzurri who in 2006 won their fourth World Cup, beating France in the final in Berlin.

The week of Dessì ends on Sunday 10 July remembering the Seveso disaster in 1976. A cloud of dioxin escapes from the chemical plant of Icmesa and intoxicates the local population, the air, the land and the animals. This is one of the most serious industrial accidents in history.