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Events in the year 2009 in Spain.

Incumbents[]

Events[]

The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated on July 24
  • March 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections.[1]
  • May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.[2]
  • June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.[3]
  • July 10 – One person is killed by a bull, the first such fatality in 14 years, during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.[4]
  • July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.[5]
  • July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.[6]
  • July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.[7]
  • July 30 – 2009 Palmanova bombing: At least two people are killed in a car bomb explosion at a Guardia Civil barracks in Palma Nova on the Spanish island of Mallorca.[8]
  • August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.[9]
  • November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.[10]

Popular culture[]

Music[]

Film[]

Highest-grossing films[]

Highest-grossing films of 2009 in Spain
Rank Title Nation Gross
1 Up  United States €23,957,870
2 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs  United States €21,197,890
3 Agora  Spain €18,532,500
4 Angels & Demons  United States €15,518,330
5 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince  United Kingdom/ United States $13,633,800
6 Gran Torino  United States $12,747,330
7 New Moon  United States $12,646,590
8 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button  United States $12,168,450
9 Slumdog Millionaire  United Kingdom $10,569,130
10 Inglourious Basterds  Germany/ United States $10,416,820

Television[]

Literature[]

Sport[]

  • February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles.[12]
  • March 15 – Luis León Sánchez wins the Paris–Nice.
  • May 13 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Cup.
  • May 16 – FC Barcelona wins the Liga.
  • May 27 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Champions League and becomes the first Spanish team to win the treble.
  • June 13–14 – Marc Gené, as part of the Peugeot Sport Total team, wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
  • June 30 – July 3 − The Spanish team wins 83 medals (28 gold, 21 silver, 34 bronze) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
  • July 26 – Alberto Contador wins the Tour de France.
  • August 23 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Super Cup.
  • August 28 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Super Cup.
  • September 20 – Spain wins the EuroBasket 2009.
  • September 20 – Alejandro Valverde wins the Vuelta a España.
  • October 17 – Alberto Contador finishes first in the UCI World Ranking.
  • December 13 – Alemayehu Bezabeh wins the European Cross Country Championships.
  • December 19 – FC Barcelona wins the FIFA Club World Cup and becomes the first team to win six competitions in one year.

Notable deaths[]

Daniel Jarque
  • January 6 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe.[13]
  • February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.[14]
  • March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.[15]
  • April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.[16]
  • April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.[17]
  • April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.[18]
  • May 12 – Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.[19]
  • May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.[20]
  • June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.[21]
  • June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.[22]
  • July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.[23]
  • July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.[24]
  • August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.[25]
  • August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.[26]
  • August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.[27]
  • August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.[28]
  • September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.[29]
  • September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.[30]
  • September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
  • September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.[31]
  • October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.[32]
  • October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).[33]
  • October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.[34]
  • November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.[35]
  • November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
  • November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.[36]
  • November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.[37]
  • December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.[38]
  • December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.[39]
  • December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.[40]
  • December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.[41]

See also[]

References[]

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