1978 in Spain

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See also:	Other events of 1978 List of years in Spain

Events in the year 1978 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Juan Carlos I^[1]
• Prime Minister of Spain – Adolfo Suárez^[2]

Events

• 28 February – CEIM organization is formed in Madrid.^[3]
• 11 July – Los Alfaques disaster: a truck carrying highly flammable propylene explodes near Los Alfaques seaside campsite killing at least 217 people.^[4]
• 22 October – An attack in Getxo by the separatist group ETA kills three people.^[5]
• 6 December – Spanish Constitution of 1978 ratified in a referendum.^[6]
• 1978 Spanish trade union representative elections^[7]

Births

• 1 July – Alessandra Aguilar, athlete^[8]
• 6 August – Iñaki Rueda, Formula One engineer
• 5 November - Xavier Tondó, cyclist (died 2011)^[9]

Deaths

• 7 September – Ricardo Zamora, footballer (born 1901)^[10]

References

1. "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
2. "Adolfo Suárez González | prime minister of Spain | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
3. CEIM official website
4. Chernov, Dmitry; Sornette, Didier (3 December 2019). Critical Risks of Different Economic Sectors: Based on the Analysis of More Than 500 Incidents, Accidents and Disasters. Springer Nature. p. 170. ISBN 978-3-030-25034-8.
5. Leonisio, Rafael; Molina, Fernando; Muro, Diego (28 July 2016). ETA's Terrorist Campaign: From Violence to Politics, 1968–2015. Routledge. p. ix. ISBN 978-1-317-32915-2.
6. "Spain starts a new post-Franco era - archive, 1978". the Guardian. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
7. Gunther, Richard; Montero, José R.; Gibert, José Ramón Montero; Botella, Juan; Corral, Joan Botella (1 January 2004). Democracy in Modern Spain. Yale University Press. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-300-10152-2.
8. "Alessandra Aguilar - Player Profile - Athletics". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
9. "Xavi Tondo: Anti-doping cyclist who died just as his career was". The Independent. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2022.
10. "Ricardo Zamora". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 8 March 2022.