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Saint’s Day for Basilio, Pedro and Cleto.
Apr 26, 2019 - 2:19 AM
Spain On This Day - April 26
Saint’s Day for Basilio, Pedro and Cleto.
Apr 26, 2019 - 2:19 AM
1238 - There is a revolt against Abd Allah Zannun after which Malaga passes to Nazari sovereignty.
1829 - Ferdinand VII approves a decree to proceed to the drafting of a new Penal Code.
1860 - the African War between Spain and Morocco ends with a peace treaty signed at Tetuan.
1903 - the football club Atlético de Madrid is founded as Athletic Club de Madrid.
1904 - Benito Pérez Galdós becomes republican deputy.
1922 - 28 people die in a fire at the Customs building in Málaga.
1928 - Ramón Pérez de Ayala is elected academic of the language.
1937 - German bombers attack Guernica in the Basque Country, destroying the town and killing more than 1,000 people.
Births
1847 - Cleto Zavala, composer.
1884 - Marcelino Domingo, writer and politician.
1889 - Vicente Aleixandre, winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize for Literature, who was born in Seville
1899 - Juana Mordó, art merchant.
1906 - Jose Maria de Llanos Pastor, a Jesuit priest and communist militant.
1931 - Marujita Díaz, actress and singer.
1934 - Manuel Zarzo, actor.
1936 - Llorenç Vidal Vidal, poet.
1951 - Tito Valverde, actor.
1956 - Imanol Arias, actor who was born as Manuel María Arias Domínguez, in Riaño, León.
1959 - Leonardo Dantés, singer, showman, composer and actor.
1966 - Javier Cano, writer from Murcia.
1967 – Kane, Spanish-American wrestler and actor
1972 - Kiko Narváez, footballer.
1973 – Óscar García Junyent, footballer and coach
1987 – Jorge Andújar Moreno, footballer
1988 – Hazel Ann Mendoza, Spanish-Filipino actress
Deaths
1196 - Alfonso II el Casto, King of Aragón between 1162 and 1196.
1941 - Eduardo Toda, diplomat, archaeologist, Egyptologist and sinologist.
1974 - María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, actress
1995 - Luis Miravitlles, research scientist.
2004 - Francisca Méndez Garrido, «la Paquera de Jérez», flamenco singer
2010 - Alberto Vitoria, futballer (b. 1956).
2014 – Antonio Pica, Spanish actor (b. 1933)
1829 - Ferdinand VII approves a decree to proceed to the drafting of a new Penal Code.
1860 - the African War between Spain and Morocco ends with a peace treaty signed at Tetuan.
Picasso's painting of Guernica - www.museoreinasofia.es
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1903 - the football club Atlético de Madrid is founded as Athletic Club de Madrid.
1904 - Benito Pérez Galdós becomes republican deputy.
1922 - 28 people die in a fire at the Customs building in Málaga.
1928 - Ramón Pérez de Ayala is elected academic of the language.
1937 - German bombers attack Guernica in the Basque Country, destroying the town and killing more than 1,000 people.
Births
1847 - Cleto Zavala, composer.
1884 - Marcelino Domingo, writer and politician.
1889 - Vicente Aleixandre, winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize for Literature, who was born in Seville
1899 - Juana Mordó, art merchant.
1906 - Jose Maria de Llanos Pastor, a Jesuit priest and communist militant.
1931 - Marujita Díaz, actress and singer.
1934 - Manuel Zarzo, actor.
1936 - Llorenç Vidal Vidal, poet.
1951 - Tito Valverde, actor.
1956 - Imanol Arias, actor who was born as Manuel María Arias Domínguez, in Riaño, León.
1959 - Leonardo Dantés, singer, showman, composer and actor.
1966 - Javier Cano, writer from Murcia.
1967 – Kane, Spanish-American wrestler and actor
1972 - Kiko Narváez, footballer.
1973 – Óscar García Junyent, footballer and coach
1987 – Jorge Andújar Moreno, footballer
1988 – Hazel Ann Mendoza, Spanish-Filipino actress
Deaths
1196 - Alfonso II el Casto, King of Aragón between 1162 and 1196.
1941 - Eduardo Toda, diplomat, archaeologist, Egyptologist and sinologist.
1974 - María Fernanda Ladrón de Guevara, actress
1995 - Luis Miravitlles, research scientist.
2004 - Francisca Méndez Garrido, «la Paquera de Jérez», flamenco singer
2010 - Alberto Vitoria, futballer (b. 1956).
2014 – Antonio Pica, Spanish actor (b. 1933)
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