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Saint’s Day for Mario, Marta, Pablo, Geroncio and Pía.
Jan 19, 2018 - 12:30 AM
Spain On This Day - January 19
Saint’s Day for Mario, Marta, Pablo, Geroncio and Pía.
Jan 19, 2018 - 12:30 AM
1937 - Radio Nacional de España opens
1982 - Julio Iglesias Puga, father of the singer, Julio Iglesias, is freed by police after three weeks of being held in captivity by ETA terrorists.
Births
1760 - Cañedo Vigil Alonso, religious and member of the Cortes of Cadiz (d. 1829).
1813 - Ponciano Ponzano, in Zaragoza the sculptor, who designed the frontage of the Palace of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid and the two bronze lions which stand at guard outside the building (d. 1878)
1832 - Salvador Giner Vidal, Valencian composer.
1850 - Jose del Perojo, philosopher, journalist and writer (d. 1908).
1899 - Josep Tarradellas, President of the Generalitat de Cataluña in exile from 1954, and after his return to Spain in 1977, President of Cataluña’s provisional regional government until the first regional poll of the newly-democratic Spain in 1980.
1919 - Joan Brossa, poet, playwright and Catalan artist (d. 1998).
1922 - Miguel Muñoz, footballer and trainer (d. 1990).
1930 - Uxío Novoneyra writer in Galician and Spanish poet (d. 1999).
1948 - Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra, Socialist President of Extremadura for 24 years, was born in Mérida.
1963 - Juantxu Olano, bass player, in the group Platero y Tú.
1965 - Juan Carlos Rodríguez Moreno, footballer.
1967 - Javier Cámara, actor.
1979 - Josu Sarriegi, footballer.
1981 - Asier del Horno, footballer.
Deaths
1305 - Roger de Lauria, Admiral from Aragón (b. 1250).
1906 - Marcelo Spínola, archbishop (b. 1835).
1947 - Manuel Machado, poet (b. 1874).
1978 - Francisco Cantera Burgos, humanist and historian (b. 1901).
1983 - Luis Marco Perez, sculptor (b. 1896.).
1986 - Enrique Tierno Galván, politican (b. 1918).
1987 - Gerald Brenan, British writer and scholar (b. 1894).
1992 - Eduardo Barreiros, businessman (b. 1919).
1982 - Julio Iglesias Puga, father of the singer, Julio Iglesias, is freed by police after three weeks of being held in captivity by ETA terrorists.
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Births
1760 - Cañedo Vigil Alonso, religious and member of the Cortes of Cadiz (d. 1829).
1813 - Ponciano Ponzano, in Zaragoza the sculptor, who designed the frontage of the Palace of the Congress of Deputies in Madrid and the two bronze lions which stand at guard outside the building (d. 1878)
1832 - Salvador Giner Vidal, Valencian composer.
1850 - Jose del Perojo, philosopher, journalist and writer (d. 1908).
1899 - Josep Tarradellas, President of the Generalitat de Cataluña in exile from 1954, and after his return to Spain in 1977, President of Cataluña’s provisional regional government until the first regional poll of the newly-democratic Spain in 1980.
1919 - Joan Brossa, poet, playwright and Catalan artist (d. 1998).
1922 - Miguel Muñoz, footballer and trainer (d. 1990).
1930 - Uxío Novoneyra writer in Galician and Spanish poet (d. 1999).
1948 - Juan Carlos Rodríguez Ibarra, Socialist President of Extremadura for 24 years, was born in Mérida.
1963 - Juantxu Olano, bass player, in the group Platero y Tú.
1965 - Juan Carlos Rodríguez Moreno, footballer.
1967 - Javier Cámara, actor.
1979 - Josu Sarriegi, footballer.
1981 - Asier del Horno, footballer.
Deaths
1305 - Roger de Lauria, Admiral from Aragón (b. 1250).
1906 - Marcelo Spínola, archbishop (b. 1835).
1947 - Manuel Machado, poet (b. 1874).
1978 - Francisco Cantera Burgos, humanist and historian (b. 1901).
1983 - Luis Marco Perez, sculptor (b. 1896.).
1986 - Enrique Tierno Galván, politican (b. 1918).
1987 - Gerald Brenan, British writer and scholar (b. 1894).
1992 - Eduardo Barreiros, businessman (b. 1919).
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