1976 in Spain

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Events in the year 1976 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Juan Carlos I ^[1]
• Prime minister – Carlos Arias Navarro, until 1 July ^[2]
• Prime minister – Adolfo Suárez, from 5 July ^[3]

Events

• 9 January – The Ministry of Development Planning is dissolved.
• 28 February – The Spanish government relinquishes control of the Spanish Sahara, the final colony of the Spanish Empire. ^[4]
• 16 February – The Barcelona Convention is adopted, aiming to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 3 March – 150 people are injured and 5 die following a police shooting at a church in Vitoria-Gasteiz during the Vitoria massacre.
• 5 April – 29 political prisoners escape in the Segovia prison break.
• 4 May – The daily newspaper El País is published for the first time. ^[5]
• 9 May
  • Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48 crashes on its approach to Madrid.
  • Two are killed in the Montejurra massacre in Navarre. ^[6]
• 1 July – Prime minister Carlos Arias Navarro is forced to resign following pressure from Juan Carlos I.
• 5 July – Adolfo Suárez becomes the new prime minister, ending the Second government of Carlos Arias Navarro.
• 8 July – The first government of Adolfo Suárez is formed.
• 4 October – 5 people die during the Assassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar, part of the ongoing Basque conflict. ^[7]
• 15 December – 97.4% of the population votes in favor of The Political Reform Act through the 1976 Spanish political reform referendum. ^[8]

Births

• 2 January – Paz Vega, actor
• 12 January – La Shica, musician
• 20 January – David DeMaría, musician
• 3 February – Rocío Orsi, philosopher (died 2014)
• 17 February – Daniel Grao, actor
• 18 February – Házael González, author
• 20 February – Raulo Cáceres, comic artist
• 2 March – Emmanuel Esparza, actor
• 9 March – Carmen Montón, politician
• 12 March – María Adánez, actor
• 1 April – Emma Ríos, comic artist
• 14 April – Santiago Abascal, politician
• 17 May – Mayte Martínez, athlete
• 30 May –  Alejandro Fernández (politician), politician
• 2 June – Blanca Romero, actor
• 17 June – Carolina Pascual, gymnast
• 18 June – Irene Montalà, actor
• 20 June – Alícia Romero, politician
• 21 June – Ivó Giner, golfer
• 24 June – David Bagration of Mukhrani, disputed Head of the Royal House of Georgia
• 3 July – Laura Vilagrà, politician
• 8 July – Maider Etxebarria, politician
• 18 July – Elsa Pataky, model and actor
• 22 July – José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa, politician
• 25 July – Unai Hualde, politician
• 10 August – Pablo Derqui, actor
• 19 August – Elsa Artadi, politicians
• 25 August – Susana Seivane, musician
• 26 August – Amaia Montero, musician
• 4 September – Iván Massagué, actor
• 16 September – Mónica Carrillo, journalist
• 19 October – Xabier Fernández, sailor
• 20 October – Patricia Rueda Perello, politician
• 26 October – Jordi Solé i Ferrando, politician
• 10 December – Álvaro Benito, footballer and musician
• 17 December – Roger Casamajor, actor
• 27 December – Asier Antona Gómez, politician

Deaths

• 6 January – Óscar Esplá, composer (born 1886)
• 17 February – Clementina Arderiu, poet (born 1889)
• 30 June – Federico Romero, poet (born 1886)
• 13 July – Jesús Rubio García-Mina, politician (born 1908)
• 2 August – Cecilia, musician (born 1948)
• 26 August – Tomás Borrás, author (born 1891)
• 22 October – Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel, politician (born 1917)
• 16 November – Antonio Arrúe Zarauz, politician (born 1903)
• 25 November – Fernando María Castiella, politician (born 1907)
• 4 December – Pepe Marchena, flamenco singer (born 1903)

See also

• 1976 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 1976
• List of Spanish number-one singles in 1976

References

1. "Juan Carlos: Spain's ex-king to return after two-year exile". BBC News. 18 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
2. "Carlos Arias Navarro: prime minister of Spain". Britannica . Retrieved 19 May 2022.
3. Fotheringham, Alasdair (23 March 2014). "Adolfo Suarez: Spain's first democratically elected Prime Minister who oversaw the transition from the country's Franco years" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
4. "Spanish Sahara Decolonized – But is it Liberated?". Middle East Research and Information Project Reports. 44: 22. 1976. doi:10.2307/3011716. JSTOR   3011716.
5. Breve historia de El País (in Spanish), El País . Archived 20 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine .
6. Muñoz, Ismael López (11 May 1976). "Tiros desde Montejurra en la niebla contra una multitud indefensa". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582.
7. Ceberio, Jesús (5 October 1976). "ETA reivinca el atentado". El País (in Spanish). ISSN   1134-6582.
8. "Referéndum sobre el Proyecto de Ley para la Reforma Política". congreso.es (in Spanish). Congress of Deputies. Retrieved 1 September 2019.