1995 in Spain explained

Events in the year 1995 in Spain.

Incumbents

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

Events

• 27 January – The 10th Goya Awards are held where Nobody Will Speak of Us When We're Dead wins the award for best film.^[2]
• 9 March – The Spanish fishing ship Estai is captured off the coast of Canada by Canadian officials, starting the Turbot War fishing dispute.^[3]
• 13 March – The Statute of Autonomy of Ceuta and Statute of Autonomy of Melilla are passed by the Cortes Generales.
• 18 March – The wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar is held, the first royal wedding in Spain in 89 years.^[4]
• 28 May – The 1995 Spanish regional elections and 1995 Spanish local elections are held simultaneously.
• 23 June – The National Parks Autonomous Agency is formed.
• 27 June – Deportivo de La Coruña wins the 1995 Copa del Rey final.
• 8 November – The 10th Organic Law of Spain is enacted by the Spanish Parliament, establishing the Criminal Code of Spain.^[5]
• 11 November – The Bilbao metro begins operation.^[6]
• 23 November – The 1970 Law on dangerousness and social rehabilitation, which had criminalized homosexuality in Spain, is repealed.
• 28 November – The Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art opens to the public, after three years of delays.^[7]
• 11 December – A car bomb attack carried out ETA in Madrid kills 6 people and injures a further 19.

Births

• 1 January – Pepa Millán, politician
• 4 January – María Isabel, singer
• 7 January
  • Enric Mas, cyclist
  • Blanca Padilla, model
• 18 January – José Manuel Díaz, cyclist
• 24 January – Garazi Murua, football
• 27 January – Àlex Monner, actor
• 4 February – Greta Fernández, actress
• 8 February – Miguel Sánchez-Migallón, handball player
• 16 February – Pitita, drag performer
• 27 February – Agustí Sans, basketball player
• 3 March – Cristián Rodríguez, cyclist
• 10 March – Victòria Riba Muns, singer
• 13 March – Maitane López, footballer
• 26 March – Ibai Llanos, streamer
• 1 April – Felipe Orts, cyclist
• 4 April – Ane Iriarte, cyclist
• 8 April – Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste, cyclist
• 16 April – Laura García-Caro, athlete
• 5 May – María Díaz Cirauqui, footballer
• 6 May – Óscar Rodríguez, cyclist
• 26 May – Marta Cardona, footballer
• 27 May – Alicia González Blanco, cyclist
• 28 May – Héctor Carretero, cyclist
• 17 June – Lourdes Mohedano, gymnast
• 20 June – Celia Jiménez, footballer
• 3 July – Mario Vilella Martínez, tennis player
• 9 July – Iraia Iparragirre, footballer
• 10 July – Carmen Campos, handball player
• 12 July – Yulen Pereira, fencer
• 19 July – Begoña García, field hockey player
• 5 August
  • Ziortza Isasi, cyclist
  • Cristina Lara, athlete
• 20 August – Ainhoa Vicente, footballer
• 24 August – Ane Etxezarreta, footballer
• 31 August – Sergio Samitier, cyclist
• 3 September – Veki Velilla, actress
• 18 September – Carlos Mayo, runner
• 19 September – Alex Aranburu, cyclist
• 23 September – Patrick Criado, actor
• 28 September – Juancho Hernangómez, basketball player
• 18 October – Agoney, musician
• 20 November – Iván García Cortina, cyclist
• 29 November – Cristina Otero, artist
• 2 December
  • Hugáceo Crujiente, drag performer
  • Ana Peleteiro, athlete
• 15 December
  • Alberto Abalde, basketball player
  • Núria Mendoza, footballer
• 27 December – Carlos Cuevas, actor

Deaths

• 1 January – Miquel Tarradell, archaeologist and historian (born 1920)
• 6 January – Agustín Gaínza, footballer (born 1922)
• 23 January – Gregorio Ordóñez, politician (born 1958)
• 6 February – Maruja Mallo, painter (born 1902)
• 10 February – Jesús Garay, footballer (born 1930)
• 1 March – César Rodríguez, footballer (born 1920)
• 7 March – Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora, lawyer and minister (born 1893)
• 10 March – Ovidi Montllor, performer (born 1942)
• 11 March – María Rosa Salgado, actress (born 1929)
• 17 March – José María Forqué, screenwriter and film director (born 1923)
• 28 March – Ana Mariscal, film actress and producer (born 1923)
• 3 April – Gracita Morales, actress (born 1928)
• 5 May – Juan Nuño, writer and academic (born 1927)
• 14 May – Fausto Olivares, painter (born 1940
• 16 May – Lola Flores, actress, bailaora, and singer (born 1923)
• 30 May – Antonio Flores, performer (born 1961)
• 1 July – Muelle, graffiti artist (born 1965)
• 26 July – Jaime de Mora y Aragón, aristocrat and actor (born 1925)
• 1 August – Julián Berrendero, cyclist (born 1912)
• 16 August – António Vilar, actor (born 1912 in Portugal)
• 18 August – Julio Caro Baroja, academic (born 1914)
• 22 August – José Antonio Girón, Falangist politician (born 1911)
• 8 September – Paco Campos, footballer (born 1916)
• 22 September – Julio Alejandro, screenwriter (born 1906)
• 3 October – Elena Quiroga, writer (born 1921)
• 10 October – Juan Manuel Soriano, voice actor (born 1920)
• 15 October – María del Carmen Martínez Sancho, mathematician (born 1901)
• 21 November – Rafael Farina, singer (born 1923)
• 12 December – Ángel Crespo, poet born 1926)
• 15 December – Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado, army officer and politician (born 1912)
• 23 December – Joan Sardà i Dexeus, economist (born 1910)
• 24 December – Carlos Lapetra, footballer (born 1938)

See also

• 1995 in Spanish television

Notes and References

1. Web site: Juan Carlos Biography & Facts Britannica. www.britannica.com. 29 August 2023. en.
2. Web site: Estos son los premios de los Premios Goya 1996. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190317221826/http://www.premiosgoya.com:80/10-edicion/premios/por-categoria/. 2019-03-17. October 14, 2020. Premios Goya. es.
3. Book: Harris, Michael. Lament for an Ocean: The Collapse of the Atlantic Cod Fishery. McClelland & Stewart. 2013. 9780771039584. Toronto. 12.
4. News: Tremlett. Giles. 19 March 1995. Spain's Princess Elena married. 8 October 2020. UPI.
5. News: Cuadra. Bonifacio de la. 1995-11-08. El Congreso aprueba el nuevo Código Penal por 200 votos a favor, con la sola abstención del PP. 2020-06-05. El País. es. 1134-6582.
6. News: Uriarte. Iñaki. 11 November 2020. 25 años del Metro Bilbao. 1 October 2021. naiz. es.
7. Belen Palanco (July 24, 2015), Beleaguered Barcelona museum gets a new director The Art Newspaper.