2008 in Spain

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List of years in Spain

The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Spain.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

March[]

April[]

  • April 5 - Greenpeace announces that in November 2007 a radioactive leak was reported at the Ascó Nuclear Power Plant, but it was kept hidden from the press.[2]

August[]

  • August 20 - Spanair flight 5022 crashed just after takeoff from runway 36L of Barajas Airport, killing 154 of the 166 people on board.[3]

December[]

  • December 31 - A truck-bomb explodes near the EITB headquarters in Bilbao.[4]

Births[]

Deaths[]

  • May 3: Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Prime Minister (1981–82)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "El PSOE gana las elecciones". 9 March 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Escape radioactivo en Ascó". 20 Minutos. 5 April 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  3. ^ "147 killed in plane crash at Madrid airport". Associated Press. 20 August 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Explota un coche bomba con 100 kilos de explosivos en la sede de EITB de Bilbao". 20 Minutos. 31 December 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
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