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Saint’s Day for Francisco de Paula, Teodosia and Nicecio.
Apr 2, 2021 - 1:37 AM
Spain On This Day - April 2
Saint’s Day for Francisco de Paula, Teodosia and Nicecio.
Apr 2, 2021 - 1:37 AM
1332 - In Vitoria is was signed for Álava to become part of Castilla
1513_ the conquistador, Juan Ponce de León, becomes the first European to set foot on present-day Florida.
1767 - a decree by Carlos III, known as the 1767 Pragmatic Sanction, expels Jesuits from all Spanish territory.
1812 - Soria (Spain), the French authorities executed four members of the Superior Board of the Province of Burgos.
1903 - Zaragoza, Madrid and Salamanca bloody clashes between students and politicians occur.
1910 - military aviation in Spain is born.
1933 - in Santander, former summer palace of King Alfonso XIII becomes the International University of the Magdalena, later Menendez Pelayo International University.
1934 - Manuel Azana founded the Republican Left party.
1948 - the cyclist Miguel Poblet gets the win in the second Grand Prix of Catalunya.
1954 - arrives at the port of Barcelona Semíramis ship, which returned 286 volunteers of the Blue Division.
1956 - the dictator Franco granted the Great Cross of Isabel the Catholic Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer (founder of Opus Dei).
1968 - Spain is admitted to the European Space Research Organization.
1971 - the Franco dictatorship condemns the director of the newspaper Madrid to pay a fine of 250,000 pesetas for an article entitled "Neither government nor opposition."
1972 - six members of the terrorist group ETA armed burst in the church of Galdácano (Vizcaya) at the time of the Mass and read a manifesto.
1976 - Segovia - the II Congress of the Democratic People's Federation, chaired by José María Gil-Robles is inaugurated.
1977 - in the Basque Country is presented to the public for the first time the political party EIA (Euskal Iraultzarako Alderdi), history of EE (euskadiko ezkerra).
1984 - in Spain, the Kings made the first official visit to the Community of Castilla y Leon.
1997 - scientists from the CSIC (Higher Council for Scientific Research) manage to demonstrate that a synthesized drug for years by German researchers kills cancer cells without affecting healthy.
2004 - just three weeks after the tragic Madrid train bombings, a bomb is discovered on the AVE high speed line between Madrid and Sevilla, 30 kms from the capital. An AVE train was stopped 20 kms away and the bomb was deactivated.
2004 - in Landes French police arrested three members of the leadership of the terrorist group ETA.
2004 - during the opening day of the eighth legislature, the Socialist Manuel Marin is appointed president of the Congress of Deputies and, also a Socialist, Javier Rojo, president of the Senate.
2010 - within the national plan of transition to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) analogue switch occurs.
Births
1602 - María de Jesús de Ágreda, nun and writer (d. 1665).
1858 - Eduardo Barrón González, sculptor (d. 1911).
1909 - Manuel Olivares, football player and trainer (d. 1976).
1937 - Antoni Ros-Marbà, orchestra conductor.
1943 - Itziar Aizpurua, Basque politician.
1949 - Pedro Pacheco, politician.
1954 - Emilio Olabarría, politician.
1972 - Oliverio Jesús Álvarez González, footballer.
1982 - David Ferrer, tennis player
1984 - Miguel Ángel Moyá, footballer.

Deaths
1412 – Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, explorer and author
1416 - Fernando de Antequera, King of Aragón.
1871 - Francisco Javier de Istúriz, politician.
1930 - Osmán Pérez Freire, Chilean composer died in Madrid
1992 – Juanito, footballer and manager (b. 1954)
2001 - Jesús Romeo Gorría, Busineeman and Politican (b. 1916).
2003 - Mario López, poet.
2003 - Terenci Moix, writer.
2009 - Rudy Ventura, singer and trumpet player.
2013 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)
2013 - Mariano Pulido, footballer(b. 1956).
1513_ the conquistador, Juan Ponce de León, becomes the first European to set foot on present-day Florida.
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1767 - a decree by Carlos III, known as the 1767 Pragmatic Sanction, expels Jesuits from all Spanish territory.
1812 - Soria (Spain), the French authorities executed four members of the Superior Board of the Province of Burgos.
1903 - Zaragoza, Madrid and Salamanca bloody clashes between students and politicians occur.
1910 - military aviation in Spain is born.
1933 - in Santander, former summer palace of King Alfonso XIII becomes the International University of the Magdalena, later Menendez Pelayo International University.
1934 - Manuel Azana founded the Republican Left party.
1948 - the cyclist Miguel Poblet gets the win in the second Grand Prix of Catalunya.
1954 - arrives at the port of Barcelona Semíramis ship, which returned 286 volunteers of the Blue Division.
1956 - the dictator Franco granted the Great Cross of Isabel the Catholic Jose Maria Escriva de Balaguer (founder of Opus Dei).
1968 - Spain is admitted to the European Space Research Organization.
1971 - the Franco dictatorship condemns the director of the newspaper Madrid to pay a fine of 250,000 pesetas for an article entitled "Neither government nor opposition."
1972 - six members of the terrorist group ETA armed burst in the church of Galdácano (Vizcaya) at the time of the Mass and read a manifesto.
1976 - Segovia - the II Congress of the Democratic People's Federation, chaired by José María Gil-Robles is inaugurated.
1977 - in the Basque Country is presented to the public for the first time the political party EIA (Euskal Iraultzarako Alderdi), history of EE (euskadiko ezkerra).
1984 - in Spain, the Kings made the first official visit to the Community of Castilla y Leon.
1997 - scientists from the CSIC (Higher Council for Scientific Research) manage to demonstrate that a synthesized drug for years by German researchers kills cancer cells without affecting healthy.
2004 - just three weeks after the tragic Madrid train bombings, a bomb is discovered on the AVE high speed line between Madrid and Sevilla, 30 kms from the capital. An AVE train was stopped 20 kms away and the bomb was deactivated.
2004 - in Landes French police arrested three members of the leadership of the terrorist group ETA.
2004 - during the opening day of the eighth legislature, the Socialist Manuel Marin is appointed president of the Congress of Deputies and, also a Socialist, Javier Rojo, president of the Senate.
2010 - within the national plan of transition to Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) analogue switch occurs.
Births
1602 - María de Jesús de Ágreda, nun and writer (d. 1665).
1858 - Eduardo Barrón González, sculptor (d. 1911).
1909 - Manuel Olivares, football player and trainer (d. 1976).
1937 - Antoni Ros-Marbà, orchestra conductor.
1943 - Itziar Aizpurua, Basque politician.
1949 - Pedro Pacheco, politician.
1954 - Emilio Olabarría, politician.
1972 - Oliverio Jesús Álvarez González, footballer.
1982 - David Ferrer, tennis player
1984 - Miguel Ángel Moyá, footballer.

Deaths
1412 – Ruy Gonzáles de Clavijo, explorer and author
1416 - Fernando de Antequera, King of Aragón.
1871 - Francisco Javier de Istúriz, politician.
1930 - Osmán Pérez Freire, Chilean composer died in Madrid
1992 – Juanito, footballer and manager (b. 1954)
2001 - Jesús Romeo Gorría, Busineeman and Politican (b. 1916).
2003 - Mario López, poet.
2003 - Terenci Moix, writer.
2009 - Rudy Ventura, singer and trumpet player.
2013 – Jesús Franco, Spanish director, screenwriter, producer, and actor (b. 1930)
2013 - Mariano Pulido, footballer(b. 1956).
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