2010 in Spain
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Events in the year 2010 in Spain.
Incumbents[]
- Monarch - Juan Carlos I
- Prime Minister - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
Events[]
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World cup champions celebrate as they pass in front of the Air Force Headquarters in Madrid, July 12
- January 1 – Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.[1]
- March 7 – Tens of thousands demonstrate against an abortion bill in several Spanish cities.[2]
- April 12 – A strikes Spain, one of the first large earthquakes to strike the Iberian region in half a century.
- July 10 – Between 1.1 and 1.5 million people, according to organisers, and 56000 demonstrators, according to Spanish protesters-counting specialized company Lynce, demonstrate in central Barcelona demanding greater autonomy for Catalonia within Spain.[3]
- July 12 – Spain's victorious 2010 FIFA World Cup "campeones" return to Madrid where they are met by millions of people in the streets, the royal family and politicians.[4]
- July 20 – Spain rejects a proposal to ban the burqa in public places; 183 to 162, with two abstaining.[5]
- July 28 – The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia bans bullfighting, the first region on the mainland to do so.[6]
- August 19 – Forty people are injured after a bull leaps into a crowd in Tafalla, Spain; the bull is killed.[7]
- September 27 – 95 people, including two former mayors and planning chief of Marbella, appear in court in Málaga in one of Spain's biggest corruption trials.[8]
Popular culture[]
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Sport[]
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Spain wins the 2010 FIFA World Cup
- March 14 – Fernando Alonso of Spain wins the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix Formula One race.[9]
- July 4 – Rafael Nadal of Spain wins the men's singles titles at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.[10]
- July 11 – Spain defeats the Netherlands by a score of one goal to nil in extra time of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with Andrés Iniesta scoring the winning goal.[11]
- Gustaaf Deloor wins the Vuelta a España.
Music[]
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Film[]
- July 11 – Spanish film-maker wins the main prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic for his film The Mosquito Net.[12]
Television[]
Literature[]
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Notable deaths[]
- January 14 – Antonio Fontán, 86, Spanish politician and journalist.[13]
- February 4 – Manuel Esteba, 68, Spanish film director.
- February 12 – Luis Molowny, 84, Spanish footballer, heart attack.[14]
- March 12 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author and journalist (born 1920)
- April 6 – Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist.[15]
- April 21 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official (born 1920)
- April 26 – Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack.[16]
- April 30 – Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), after long illness.[17]
- May 4 – Ángel Cristo, 65, Spanish animal tamer and circus promoter, cardiac arrest.[18]
- May 12 – Antonio Ozores, 81, Spanish actor, cancer.[19]
- May 15 – Juan José Carbó, 83, Spanish cartoonist.[20]
- June 7 – José Albi, 88, Spanish poet.[21]
- July 2 – Félix Pons, 68, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1996), cancer.[22]
- July 6 – José Rico Pérez, 92, Spanish businessman, President of Hércules CF.[23]
- July 10 – Aldo Sambrell, 79, Spanish actor, stroke.[24]
- July 14 – Eduardo Sánchez Junco, 67, Spanish businessman, founder and owner of Hello!.[25]
- August 9 – Juan Marichal, 88, Spanish historian.[26]
- August 9 – Fernando Fernández, 70, Spanish illustrator and comic artist, after long illness.[27]
- August 17 – Alejandro Maclean, 41, Spanish television, film producer and aerobatics pilot, plane crash.[28]
- August 18 – Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Spanish aristocrat (born 1930)
- August 23 – Carlos Mendo, 77, Spanish journalist, founder of El País newspaper, after long illness.[29]
- August 26 – Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (born 1918)
- September 7 – Wilebaldo Solano, 94, Spanish communist activist during the Spanish Civil War.[30]
- September 7 – Joaquín Soler Serrano, 91, Spanish journalist, Alzheimer's disease.[31]
- September 15 – Raúl Trapero, 47, Spanish Olympic boxer, traffic accident.[32]
- September 19 – José Antonio Labordeta, 75, Spanish songwriter, professor, writer, presenter and politician.[33]
- October 4 – , 58, Spanish make-up artist, complications from a degenerative disease.[34]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Spain takes reins of revamped EU". 31 December 2009.
- ^ "Spaniards rally against abortion". 7 March 2010.
- ^ "Catalan protesters rally for greater autonomy in Spain". BBC News. 10 July 2010.
- ^ "Spain return to rapturous welcome". 13 July 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-23. Retrieved 2010-08-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "After heated debate, Catalonia bans bullfighting". 28 July 2010.
- ^ "Rampaging bull injures 40 in Spanish arena". BBC News. 19 August 2010.
- ^ "Spain mayors in court for Marbella property scam trial". BBC News. 27 September 2010.
- ^ "Alonso Wins Bahrain Season-Opener". The New York Times. 14 March 2010.
- ^ "Nadal wins second Wimbledon title". 4 July 2010.
- ^ "FIFA".
- ^ "Spanish director Agusti Vila wins Czech award". BBC News. 11 July 2010.
- ^ "Fallece Antonio Fontán, el primer presidente del Senado de la democracia". El País. 14 January 2010.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-02-16. Retrieved 2010-10-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Ha muerto en Madrid Guillermo Luca de Tena, presidente de Honor de ABC". 5 April 2010.
- ^ "Fallece de un infarto el ex jugador Alberto Vitoria". 26 April 2010.
- ^ "Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas".
- ^ Pérez, Santiago (10 May 2010). "Top Lion Tamer Dies in Madrid". Wall Street Journal.
- ^ "Muere el actor Antonio Ozores". El País. 12 May 2010.
- ^ "Adiós a Carbó | la Cárcel de Papel".
- ^ "Fallece a los 88 años el poeta valenciano José Albi". 8 June 2010.
- ^ "Félix Pons, ex presidente del Congreso, fallece en Mallorca a los 67 años". El País. 2 July 2010.
- ^ "Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas".
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-10-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Hello! Founder dies aged 67".
- ^ [1]
- ^ "Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas".
- ^ [2] Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [3]
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-10-01. Retrieved 2010-10-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Miles de personas despiden a Labordeta en Zaragoza". El País. 19 September 2010.
- ^ "Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas".
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