2010 in Spain explained

Events in the year 2010 in Spain.

Incumbents

• Monarch: Juan Carlos I^[1]
• Prime Minister: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Regional presidents

• • Andalusia: José Antonio Griñán Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
    • • • Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich Basque Country: Patxi López Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
• Castilla–La Mancha: José María Barreda
  • Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera Catalonia: José Montilla (until 24 December), Artur Mas (starting 24 December)
• Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
• Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
  • • La Rioja: Pedro Sanz Community of Madrid: Esperanza Aguirre Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
    • Navarre: Miguel Sanz Valencian Community: Francisco Camps Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas

Events

• January 1 – Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.^[2]
• March 7 – Tens of thousands demonstrate against an abortion bill in several Spanish cities.^[3]
• April 12 – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Spain, one of the first large earthquakes to strike the Iberian region in half a century.
• May
  • The Hunter's Sword, Spanish comic is first published.
• 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.^[4]
• 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.^[5]
• July 20 – Spain rejects a proposal to ban the burqa in public places; 183 to 162, with two abstaining.^[6]
• July 28 – The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia bans bullfighting, the first region on the mainland to do so.^[7]
• August 19 – Forty people are injured after a bull leaps into a crowd in Tafalla, Spain; the bull is killed.^[8]
• 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.^[9]

Popular culture

Sport

• March 14 – Fernando Alonso of Spain wins the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix Formula One race.^[10]
• July 4 – Rafael Nadal of Spain wins the men's singles titles at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.^[11]
• 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.^[12]
• Gustaaf Deloor wins the Vuelta a España.

Film

• July 11 – Spanish film-maker Augusti Vila wins the main prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic for his film The Mosquito Net.^[13]

Television

• 2010 in Spanish television

Literature

See main article: 2010 in literature.

Notable deaths

• January 14 – Antonio Fontán, 86, Spanish politician and journalist.^[14]
• February 4 – Manuel Esteba, 68, Spanish film director.
• February 12 – Luis Molowny, 84, Spanish footballer, heart attack.^[15]
• March 12 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author and journalist (born 1920)
• April 6 – Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist.^[16]
• April 21 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official (born 1920)
• April 26 – Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack.^[17]
• April 30 – Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), after long illness.^[18]
• May 4 – Ángel Cristo, 65, Spanish animal tamer and circus promoter, cardiac arrest.^[19]
• May 12 – Antonio Ozores, 81, Spanish actor, cancer.^[20]
• May 15 – Juan José Carbó, 83, Spanish cartoonist.^[21]
• June 7 – José Albi, 88, Spanish poet.^[22]
• July 2 – Félix Pons, 68, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1996), cancer.^[23]
• July 6 – José Rico Pérez, 92, Spanish businessman, President of Hércules CF.^[24]
• July 10 – Aldo Sambrell, 79, Spanish actor, stroke.^[25]
• July 14 – Eduardo Sánchez Junco, 67, Spanish businessman, founder and owner of Hello!.^[26]
• August 9 – Juan Marichal, 88, Spanish historian.^[27]
• August 9 – Fernando Fernández, 70, Spanish illustrator and comic artist, after long illness.^[28]
• August 17 – Alejandro Maclean, 41, Spanish television, film producer and aerobatics pilot, plane crash.^[29]
• 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.^[30]
• August 26 – Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (born 1918)
• September 7 – Wilebaldo Solano, 94, Spanish communist activist during the Spanish Civil War.^[31]
• September 7 – Joaquín Soler Serrano, 91, Spanish journalist, Alzheimer's disease.^[32]
• September 15 – Raúl Trapero, 47, Spanish Olympic boxer, traffic accident.^[33]
• September 19 – José Antonio Labordeta, 75, Spanish songwriter, professor, writer, presenter and politician.^[34]
• October 4 – Gregorio Ros, 58, Spanish make-up artist, complications from a degenerative disease.^[35]

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2010

Notes and References

1. Web site: Juan Carlos Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en.
2. News: Spain takes reins of revamped EU. 31 December 2009.
3. News: Spaniards rally against abortion. 7 March 2010.
4. News: Catalan protesters rally for greater autonomy in Spain. BBC News. 10 July 2010.
5. News: Spain return to rapturous welcome. 13 July 2010.
6. Web site: Spain rejects proposal to ban burqa - Arab News . 2010-08-04 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100723144423/http://arabnews.com/world/article87461.ece . 2010-07-23 .
7. Web site: After heated debate, Catalonia bans bullfighting. Los Angeles Times. 28 July 2010.
8. News: Rampaging bull injures 40 in Spanish arena. BBC News. 19 August 2010.
9. News: Spain mayors in court for Marbella property scam trial. BBC News. 27 September 2010.
10. News: Alonso Wins Bahrain Season-Opener. The New York Times. 14 March 2010.
11. News: Nadal wins second Wimbledon title. 4 July 2010.
12. Web site: FIFA. https://web.archive.org/web/20100708190300/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=249721/match=300061509/index.html. dead. July 8, 2010.
13. News: Spanish director Agusti Vila wins Czech award. BBC News. 11 July 2010.
14. News: Fallece Antonio Fontán, el primer presidente del Senado de la democracia. El País. 14 January 2010.
15. Web site: Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial Official Web Site - Real Madrid in mourning . 2010-10-08 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100216125037/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202812393354/noticia/Noticia/Real_Madrid_in_mourning.htm . 2010-02-16 .
16. Web site: Ha muerto en Madrid Guillermo Luca de Tena, presidente de Honor de ABC. 5 April 2010.
17. Web site: Fallece de un infarto el ex jugador Alberto Vitoria. 26 April 2010.
18. Web site: Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas.
19. News: Top Lion Tamer Dies in Madrid. Wall Street Journal. 10 May 2010. Pérez. Santiago.
20. News: Muere el actor Antonio Ozores. El País. 12 May 2010.
21. Web site: Adiós a Carbó | la Cárcel de Papel. 16 May 2010.
22. Web site: Fallece a los 88 años el poeta valenciano José Albi. 8 June 2010.
23. News: Félix Pons, ex presidente del Congreso, fallece en Mallorca a los 67 años. El País. 2 July 2010.
24. Web site: Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas.
25. Web site: La Comunidad » la piel contra la piedra » HA MUERTO ALDO SAMBRELL . 2010-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100714054221/http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/pacohuesca/2010/7/11/ha-muerto-aldo-sambrell . 2010-07-14 . dead.
26. Web site: Hello! Founder dies aged 67.
27. Web site: Historian and Essayist Juan Marichal Dies . Latin American Herald Tribune . https://web.archive.org/web/20200516052231/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=362438&CategoryId=13003 . 2020-05-16.
28. Web site: Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas.
29. http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100817/FOREIGN/100809562/1002/NEWS
30. http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/el-pa%C3%ADs-co-founder-mendo-dead-at-77-62401-.aspx
31. Web site: Fallece el ltimo l der del POUM, Wilebaldo Solano, a los 94 a os - ABC.es - Noticias Agencias. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616051228/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=508601. 2011-06-16.
32. Web site: Muere el histórico periodista Joaquín Soler Serrano . 2010-10-07 . 2010-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100912002555/http://www.lavanguardia.es/sucesos/noticias/20100907/53999165079/muere-el-historico-periodista-joaquin-soler-serrano-barcelona-venezuela-tve-television-espanola-radi.html . dead .
33. Web site: El camionero que fue boxeador ol mpico Heraldodesoria.es . 2010-10-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101001011512/http://www.heraldodesoria.es/index.php/mod.noticias/mem.detalle/idnoticia.55530 . 2010-10-01 . dead.
34. News: Miles de personas despiden a Labordeta en Zaragoza. El País. 19 September 2010.
35. Web site: Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas.