Spanish History (Part 8)

Historical Events

Events 701 - 777 of 777

• 1992-07-19 30th Tennis Fed Cup: Germany beats Spain in Frankfurt Germany (2-1)
• 1992-07-25 25th Olympic Games opens in Barcelona, Spain
• 1992-07-26 79th Tour de France won by Miguel Indurain of Spain
• 1992-08-09 25th Olympic Games closes in Barcelona, Spain
• 1992-10-12 Expo '92 closes in Seville Spain
• 1992-12-03 The Greek oil tanker Aegean Sea, carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo
• 1993-07-25 31st Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats Australia in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
• 1993-07-25 80th Tour de France won by Miguel Indurain of Spain
• 1993-08-02 Train crash in tunnel at Vega de Anzo Spain, 12 killed
• 1994-01-18 The Cando event, a possible bolide impact in Cando, Spain. Witnesses claim to have seen a fireball in the sky lasting for almost one minute.
• 1994-03-30 England Cricket all out for 46 at Port-of-Spain

• 1994-07-16 Spanish fishing boats sink a French fishing boat over fishing rights
• 1994-07-24 32nd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Frankfurt Germany (3-0)
• 1994-07-24 81st Tour de France won by Miguel Indurain of Spain
• 1994-08-20 109.8°F (43.2°C) in Cordoba Spain
• 1995-03-12 Lara scores 139 in ODI v Australia at Port-of-Spain
• 1995-05-10 Real Zaragoza of Spain win 35th European Cup Winner's Cup against Arsenal of England 2-1 in Paris
• 1995-07-23 82nd Tour de France won by Miguel Indurain of Spain
• 1995-11-02 Spanish Broadcasting System buys NY radio station WPAT-FM for $83.5M
• 1995-11-26 33rd Tennis Fed Cup: Spain beats USA in Valencia Spain (3-2)
• 1996-01-20 WPAT FM NYC radio station switches to English-Spanish format
• 1996-03-30 Lara hits 146 cricket not out in ODI vs NZ at Port-Of-Spain
• 1996-07-20 In Spain an ETA bomb at an airport kills 35
• 1996-09-29 34th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats Spain in Atlantic City USA (5-0)
• 1996-09-29 US wins Federation Cup over Spain
• 1997-01-18 In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other.
• 1997-03-17 CNN begin Spanish broadcasts
• 1997-05-14 FC Barcelona of Spain win 37th European Cup Winner's Cup against Paris Saint-Germain of France 1-0 in Rotterdam
• 1997-07-10 Spain, Partido Popular member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests
• 1997-09-28 32nd Ryder Cup: Europe wins 14½-13½ to retain the Cup at Sotogrande Spain

• 1999-05-19 Lazio of Italy win 39th European Cup Winner's Cup against Mallorca of Spain 2-1 in Birmingham
• 1999-08-20 7th World Championships in Athletics open at Seville, Spain
• 1999-08-29 7th World Championships in Athletics close at Seville, Spain
• 1999-12-21 The Spanish Civil Guard intercepts a van loaded with 950 kg of explosives that ETA intended to use to blow up Torre Picasso in Madrid.
• 1999-12-22 The Spanish Civil Guard finds near Calatayud (Zaragoza) another van loaded by ETA with 750 kg of explosives (see related event on December 21, 1999).
• 2000-12-10 89th Davis Cup: Spain beats Australia in Barcelona (3-1)
• 2001-01-16 US President Bill Clinton awards former President Theodore Roosevelt a posthumous Medal of Honor for his service in the Spanish-American War
• 2002-03-01 The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced with the euro (€).
• 2003-11-30 92nd Davis Cup: Australia beats Spain in Melbourne (3-1)
• 2003-12-24 Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
• 2004-04-02 Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted.
• 2004-12-05 93rd Davis Cup: Spain beats USA in Seville (3-2)
• 2005-02-20 Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout.
• 2005-06-30 Spain legalizes same-sex marriage.
• 2005-07-03 The national law legalizing same-sex marriage takes effect in Spain
• 2005-12-08 Ante Gotovina, Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife by the Spanish police.
• 2006-07-23 93rd Tour de France won by Oscar Pereiro of Spain

• 2007-07-03 America's Cup: Swiss defender Alinghi beats Team New Zealand by 1 second to take the series 5-2 off Valencia, Spain


• 2007-07-29 94th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain

• 2008-06-29 UEFA European Championship Final: Fernando Torres scores as Spain beats Germany 1-0 in Vienna
• 2008-07-27 95th Tour de France won by Carlos Sastre of Spain
• 2008-11-23 97th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Mar del Plata (3-1)
• 2009-07-26 96th Tour de France won by Alberto Contador of Spain
• 2009-12-06 98th Davis Cup: Spain beats Czech Republic in Barcelona (5-0)
• 2010-02-14 America's Cup: Team USA defeats Alinghi 2-0 to win in Spain
• 2010-07-11 FIFA World Cup: Spain beats the Netherlands 1-0 for football's 19th World Cup in Johannesburg (Spain's 1st title)
• 2011-12-04 100th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Seville (3-1)
• 2012-03-30 Spanish Government cuts 27 billion Euros from its budget in a tough austerity measure
• 2012-04-03 Spanish unemployment reaches record high, youth unemployment stands at 50%
• 2012-04-30 Spain's economy double dips after a 0.3% contraction and 25% unemployment rate
• 2012-06-07 Credit rating agency Fitch downgrades Spain's credit rating to BBB in the wake of international bailout speculation
• 2012-06-09 It is announced that up to $125 million dollars in loans will be given to aid Spain's struggling banks
• 2012-07-01 UEFA European Championship Final: Spain crush Italy 4-0 in Kiev to retain their title
• 2012-11-14 A series of protests against austerity measures occur across Europe including Spain, Portugal, and Greece
• 2012-11-18 101st Davis Cup: Czech Republic beats Spain in Prague (3-2)
• 2013-01-27 Spain defeats Denmark to win the 2013 World Men's Handball Championship
• 2013-07-24 80 people are killed and 140 are injured after a high-speed train derails in Santiago de Compostela, Spain

• 2014-10-07 Spanish nurse diagnosed with Ebola, the first case outside west Africa
• 2014-10-16 New Zealand, Malaysia, Angola, Spain and Venezuela are elected to the United Nations Security Council
• 2014-11-11 The people of Catalonia in north-eastern Spain vote in a disputed and non-binding poll on independence
• 2015-08-11 Spain's top matador Francisco “Paquirri” Rivera Ordóñez is gored and injured by a bull in Huesca

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Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 701 - 729 of 729

• 1985-11-21 Jesús Navas, Spanish footballer
• 1986-01-08 David Silva, Spanish footballer
• 1986-01-12 Miguel Ángel Nieto, Spanish footballer
• 1986-02-14 Aschwin Wildeboer, Spanish swimmer
• 1986-02-18 Marc Torrejón, Spanish footballer
• 1986-03-30 Sergio Ramos, Spanish footballer
• 1986-04-03 Sergio Sánchez Ortega, Spanish footballer (Espanyol), born in Mataró, Spain

• 1986-06-03 Adrián Vallés, Spanish racing driver
• 1987-01-24 Luis Suárez, Spanish football player (Barcelona, Uruguay national team), born in Salto, Uruguay
• 1987-02-02 Gerard Piqué, Spanish football player
• 1987-05-04 Francesc Fàbregas Soler, Spanish footballer (Chelsea, Spanish national team), born in Arenys de Mar, Spain
• 1987-05-04 Jorge Lorenzo, Spanish motorcycle racer, born in Palma, Majorca, Spain
• 1987-10-05 Javier Villa, Spanish racing driver
• 1988-04-21 Pedro Mosquera, Spanish footballer
• 1989-08-15 Belinda [Belinda Peregrín Schüll], Mexican singer, songwriter and actress, born in Madrid, Spain
• 1990-08-28 Bojan Krkić, Serbian-Spanish footballer
• 1990-10-21 Ricky Rubio, Spanish basketball player
• 1993-10-08 Garbiñe Muguruza, Venezuelan-born Spanish professional tennis player (2016 French Open, 2017 Wimbledon), born in Caracas, Venezuela
• 1994-06-11 Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
• 1995-01-04 María Isabel, Spanish singer
• 1998-07-17 Felipe Juan Froilán de Marichalar y de Borbón, Spanish royal
• 1999-09-29 Juan Valentín Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
• 2000-09-09 Victoria Federica de Marichalar y de Borbón, granddaughter of king Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 2000-12-06 Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish royal
• 2004-02-19 Millie Bobby Brown, English American actress (Stranger Things), born in Marbella, Spain
• 2005-06-05 Irene Urdangarin, granddaughter of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
• 2005-10-31 Infanta Leonor of Spain, daughter of Felipe, King of Asturias and Letizia, Queen of Asturias, born in Madrid, Spain
• 2007-04-29 Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain

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