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Spain On This Day - May 9
By m.p. - May 9, 2008 - 7:07 AM
email this articleSaints days for Hermas, Gregorio, Pacomio and Geroncio.
1013: The Berbers, supported by King Sancho de Castilla, took possession of Medina Azahara, known as the time as the most beautiful city of the world.
1502: Christopher Columbus started his fourth and last voyage to the New World.
1540: Spanish sailor, Hernando de Alarcón, left on his exploration of the coast of California.
1781: The Spaniards expel the British from Western Florida.
1950: Fiat and five banks create the Spanish car firm SEAT.
1976: Two Carlist militants are murdered in Montejurra, Navarra
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