2010 in Spain explained
Events in the year 2010 in Spain.
Incumbents
Regional presidents
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
- 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
Film
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Juan Carlos Biography & Facts Britannica . www.britannica.com . 29 August 2023 . en.
- News: Spain takes reins of revamped EU. 31 December 2009.
- News: Spaniards rally against abortion. 7 March 2010.
- News: Catalan protesters rally for greater autonomy in Spain. BBC News. 10 July 2010.
- News: Spain return to rapturous welcome. 13 July 2010.
- 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 .
- Web site: After heated debate, Catalonia bans bullfighting. Los Angeles Times. 28 July 2010.
- News: Rampaging bull injures 40 in Spanish arena. BBC News. 19 August 2010.
- News: Spain mayors in court for Marbella property scam trial. BBC News. 27 September 2010.
- News: Alonso Wins Bahrain Season-Opener. The New York Times. 14 March 2010.
- News: Nadal wins second Wimbledon title. 4 July 2010.
- 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.
- News: Spanish director Agusti Vila wins Czech award. BBC News. 11 July 2010.
- News: Fallece Antonio Fontán, el primer presidente del Senado de la democracia. El País. 14 January 2010.
- 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 .
- Web site: Ha muerto en Madrid Guillermo Luca de Tena, presidente de Honor de ABC. 5 April 2010.
- Web site: Fallece de un infarto el ex jugador Alberto Vitoria. 26 April 2010.
- Web site: Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas.
- News: Top Lion Tamer Dies in Madrid. Wall Street Journal. 10 May 2010. Pérez. Santiago.
- News: Muere el actor Antonio Ozores. El País. 12 May 2010.
- Web site: Adiós a Carbó | la Cárcel de Papel. 16 May 2010.
- Web site: Fallece a los 88 años el poeta valenciano José Albi. 8 June 2010.
- News: Félix Pons, ex presidente del Congreso, fallece en Mallorca a los 67 años. El País. 2 July 2010.
- Web site: Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas.
- 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.
- Web site: Hello! Founder dies aged 67.
- 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.
- Web site: Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas.
- http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100817/FOREIGN/100809562/1002/NEWS
- http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/el-pa%C3%ADs-co-founder-mendo-dead-at-77-62401-.aspx
- 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.
- 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 .
- 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.
- News: Miles de personas despiden a Labordeta en Zaragoza. El País. 19 September 2010.
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