1973 in Spain

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See also:	Other events of 1973 List of years in Spain

Events in the year 1973 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Caudillo: Francisco Franco ^[1]
• Prime Minister: Luis Carrero Blanco (9 June–20 December); Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (20–31 December); Carlos Arias Navarro (from 31 December)

Events

• 8 April – Artist Pablo Picasso dies in Mougins, France.
• 10 May – The Polisario Front leads the Sahrawi insurgency in an effort to end colonial rule in the Spanish Sahara. ^[2]
• 9 June – The office of Prime Minister is created and the Eighth government of Francisco Franco ends. Luis Carrero Blanco is appointed as Prime Minister by Franco. ^[3]
• 12 June
  • The Government of Luis Carrero Blanco is established. ^[4]
  • The Ministry of Development Planning is established to oversee ongoing economic and social development plans which became known as the Spanish miracle. ^[5]
• 13 August – Aviaco Flight 118 crashes while attempting to land at Alvedro Airport. ^[6]
• 20 December – Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco is assassinated in Madrid by in a bombing organized by ETA. ^[7] Torcuato Fernández-Miranda acts as interim Prime Minister.
• 30 December – The sentences of the "Carabanchel Ten" are announced following the Proceso 1001 trial. ^[8]
• 31 December – Carlos Arias Navarro is appointed as Prime Minister.

Births

• 4 January – Laia Marull, actress
• 10 January – Iker Jiménez, journalist
• 5 February – Carme Chaparro, journalist
• 13 February – Miguel Poveda, flamenco singer
• 18 February – Melani Olivares, actress
• 28 February – Xavi Valero, footballer
• 11 March – Vicky Martín Berrocal, fashion designer and actress
• 17 March – Daniel Ballart, waterpolo player
• 19 March – Meritxell Batet, politician
• 20 March – Jaime Sánchez, footballer
• 9 April – Carmen Alcayde, actress
• 14 April – Toni Cuquerella, engineer
• 29 April – Bienvenido de Arriba, politician
• 3 May – Lourdes Maldonado, journalist
• 5 May – David Janer, actor
• 22 May – Emilio Alzamora, motorcyclist
• 23 May – Juan José Padilla, bullfighter
• 13 June – Hasier Arraiz, politician
• 14 July – Candela Peña, actress
• 22 July – Jaime Cantizano, presenter
• 1 August – Antonio Gómez, footballer
• 12 August – Joseba Beloki, bicyclist
• 7 September – Laura Pamplona, actress
• 18 September – Aitor Karanka, footballer
• 21 September – Virginia Ruano Pascual, tennis player
• 17 October – Quique González, musician
• 22 October – Andrés Palop, footballer
• 24 October – Iñaki de Miguel, basketball player
• 3 November – Ana Milán, actress and model
• 8 November – Iñigo Idiakez, footballer
• 15 November – Albert Portas, tennis player
• 21 November – Inés Sastre, actress and model
• 30 December – Nacho Vidal, pornographic actor

Deaths

• 7 January – Pedro Berruezo, footballer (born 1945)
• 10 January – Claudio de la Torre, author (born 1895)
• 16 April – Nino Bravo, musician (born 1944)
• 11 May – Juan Eduardo Cirlot, poet and polymath (born 1916)
• 20 December – Luis Carrero Blanco, Admiral-General and Prime Minister (born 1904)
• 22 December – Julio Gómez, composer (born 1886)

See also

• List of Spanish films of 1973
• List of number-one singles of 1973 (Spain)
• 1973 in Spanish television

References

1. "Francisco Franco: Biography, Nickname, Beliefs, & Facts". Encyclopaedia Britannica . 30 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. Baers, Michael (10 October 2022). A History of the Western Sahara Conflict: The Paper Desert. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 228–229. ISBN   978-1-5275-8573-7.
3. "Franco nombra Presidente del Gobierno al almirante Carrero Blanco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
4. "El almirante Carrero Blanco forma nuevo Gobierno". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
5. Ley 15/1973, de 11 de junio, por la que se crea el Ministerio de Planificación del Desarrollo. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Law 15) (in Spanish). 11 June 1973. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
6. "No ha habido supervivientes en el accidente aereo de La Coruña" [There have been no survivors in the air accident in La Coruña.]. ABC (Spain) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 14 August 1973. p. 11.
7. Aizpeolea, Luis R. (18 December 2013). "The day ETA struck a lethal blow to the Franco regime". El País . Retrieved 18 April 2025.
8. Recio García, Armando (2007). "La prensa jurídica en el tardofranquismo: el Proceso 1001" (pdf). Historia y comunicación social (12). Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 177–88. ISSN   1137-0734.