| 23 Nov 1980 |
Over 2500 people are killed when a 6.8 earthquake rocks the Campania and Basilicata regions of Italy. |
| 16 Oct 2000 |
Protesters in 20 Italian cities splatter McDonald's windows with blood and hurl raw meat at police. |
| 13 Jan 2001 |
Italian health officials declares that Cremonini, the exclusive beef supplier to McDonald's in Italy, had a cow suspected as being infected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy. |
| May 2002 |
McDonald's sues Italian food critic Edoardo Raspelli over an unfavorable review published in La Stampa. "The ambience was mechanical, the potatoes were obscene and tasting of cardboard, and the bread poor. I found it alienating and vulgar." The chain seeks $24.7 million in damages. |