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Spain On This Day - May 2
By m.p. - May 2, 2008 - 6:41 AM
email this articleSaints days – Germán y Celestino. Nuestra Señora de Araceli
Dia de la Comunidad – Fiesta in Madrid
1598: King of Spain, Felipe II and King of France, Henry IV signed the Vervins Peace accord to end the Wars of Religion in France.
1808: In Madrid the ‘levantamiento of May 2’ against the French army of Napoleón Bonaparte, saw the start of the war of independence.
1866: Last day of action for the Spanish navy in the Pacific at Callao with a battle against the forces of Peru and Chile in the Spanish-South American War.
1879: PSOE Spanish Socialist Workers party was founded.
1958: 18 arrested in Sevilla after the discovery of horsemeat in six illegal abattoirs.
1989: Spain ratified the EU convention on the prevention of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment.
1997: The scientific team at the Atapuerca dig win the Prince of Asturias Prize for research.
1998: COPE radio presenter, Antonio Herrero Lima, dies at age 43 when diving in Marbella.
2006: The Andalucian parliament approves the new statute for the region.
Spanish composer Vicente Martin Soler was born today 1754.
Ivan de la Peña – footballer – born 1976.
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