1992 in Spain

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See also:	Other events of 1992 List of years in Spain

Events in the year 1992 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch – Juan Carlos I^[1]
• Prime Minister of Spain – Felipe González Márquez

Events

• 20 April – Seville, Spain's 6-month Universal Exhibition, called Seville Expo '92, opens.
• 20 May - FC Barcelona win the European Cup final at Wembley Stadium, London, England. It is the first time the club has won the trophy; they achieved it with a 1–0 win in extra time over Italian champions Sampdoria, with Ronald Koeman scoring the only goal of the game.^[2]
• 25 July - 9 August 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
• Madrid was declared Cultural Capital of Europe
• Celebration of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas with replicas of the three ships

Popular culture

Music

• Spain finished 14th in the Eurovision Song Contest with 37 points.^[3]

Film

• See List of Spanish films of 1992

Television

• Television series, La granja ends.^[4]

Literature

• Corazón tan blanco (A Heart So White) by Javier Marías ISBN 0811215059

Sport

• The 1992 World Karate Championships are held in Granada.^[5]

Notable births

• 1 January - Iván Balliu, footballer
• 3 January – Jon Aurtenetxe, footballer
• 8 January – Koke, footballer
• 11 January – Daniel Carvajal, footballer
• 12 January – Sergio Juste Marín, footballer
• 23 January – Sergio Álvarez Díaz, footballer
• 5 February – Cristóbal Gil Martín, footballer
• 12 February - Edgar Badia, footballer
• 13 February – Kevin Lacruz, footballer
• 10 March – Pablo Espinosa, actor, singer, and musician
• 16 March – Albert Dalmau, footballer
• 20 March – Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, tennis player
• 21 March – Jordi Amat, footballer
• 27 March – Julián Luque Conde, footballer
• 28 March – Sergi Gómez, footballer
• 21 April – Isco, footballer
• 11 May – Pablo Sarabia, footballer
• 17 June – Adrián Cañas, footballer
• 29 June – Aitor Casas Luceño, footballer
• 3 July - Nathalia Ramos, actress and singer
• 5 July - Alberto Moreno, footballer
• 7 July – Víctor Arteaga, basketball player
• 18 August - Néstor Albiach, football player
• 25 August – Borja González, footballer
• 19 September – Javier Espinosa, footballer
• 15 October – Alejandro Fernández Iglesias, footballer
• 3 November – Sara Hurtado, ice dancer
• 18 November - Asier Barahona, footballer
• 14 December - Marina Agoues, footballer
• 17 December - Abdón Prats, footballer

Notable deaths

• 18 March – Antonio Molina, singer (born 1928)^[6]
• 2 April - Juanito, footballer (born 1954; road accident)^[7]
• 26 April - Luis Rosales, poet and essayist (born 1910)
• 2 July - Camarón de la Isla, flamenco singer (born 1950)
• 21 August - Isidro Lángara, football player and manager (born 1912)
• 25 September - César Manrique, artist, sculptor, architect and activist (born 1919).
• 4 November - José Luis Sáenz de Heredia, film director (born 1911)

References

1. "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
2. "From the Vault: Barcelona win the last European Cup final at Wembley". The Guardian. 27 May 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
3. "Eurovision 1992 Results: Voting & Points". Eurovisionworld. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
4. "Jaume Cabré". arcadiabooks.co.uk. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
5. "International Competition History". Team USA. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
6. "Antonio Molina". Biografías y Vidas (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 October 2021.
7. La muerte de Juanito conmociona al fútbol español (Juanito's death sends shock waves through Spanish football); El País, 3 April 1992 (in Spanish)