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.