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Spain On This Day - September 2
By m.p. - Sep 2, 2008 - 6:42 AM
email this articleSaints Days: Antolín, Hermógenes, Zenón and Raquel.
Day of the Autonomous Region of Ceuta.
1587: Francis Drake attacks Cádiz, destroying the Spanish fleet moored in the bay
1729: Felipe V officially creates the Mozos de Veciana, known now in Cataluña as Mossos de Esquadra, the regional police force
1814: The French withdraw from Barcelona in the War of Spanish Independence
1922: Santiago Ramón y Cajal retires from his academic duties and is named honourable rector of the University of Madrid
1927: The airline between Madrid, Lisbon and Seville is opened
1935: The first Vuelta de España cycle race gets underway
1984: Jordi Pujol wins an absolute majority for Convergencia I Unió in the Catalan regional elections
1994: The ex Director General of the Guardia Civil, Luis Roldán,
does a runner.
2004: Aragón becomes the third region of Spain to recognise the right of gay couples to adopt children, after Navarra and the Basque Country
2005: The Spanish Meteorological Office says the lack of rain has led to the worst drought in Spain for the past 60 years across the Iberian Peninsular.
Alejandro Rojas Marcos, lawyer and ex Mayor of Sevilla, born 1940
Sofia de Borbón, Infanta born 2007
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