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Saints Days: Simeón, Julio, Casto, Dominciano and Leonor
Jul 1, 2018 - 1:37 AM
Spain On This Day - July 1
Saints Days: Simeón, Julio, Casto, Dominciano and Leonor
Jul 1, 2018 - 1:37 AM
612 - in Visigothic Hispania, King Sisebuto approves the law against the Jews.
1431 – The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista.
1898 – Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.
1905 - Gijón, the football club Real Sporting de Gijón was founded.
1966 - The Spanish Museum of Abstract Art opens in Cuenca
1976 - Carlos Arias Navarro resigns, the last Prime Minister of Spain appointed by the dictator Francisco Franco.
1993 - Offically founded the Universities of Jaén and Huelva.
1997 - The Guardia Civil find the prison officer, José Antonio Ortega Lara, in a hide in Mondragón. He had been kidnapped and held by ETA for 532 days
2010 - Sandro Rosell assumes the presidency of FC Barcelona.
2011 - Police operation against the SGAE arrests the director Teddy Bautista and 8 managers for corporate crime and misappropriation.
Births
1723 – Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, politician (d. 1802)
1772 - Rafael Esteve, draftsman (d. 1847).
1891 - Nicolás Franco, solider and politican (d. 1977).
1902 - Félix Quesada, football player and trainer (d. 1959).
1902 - Josep Lluís Sert, architect (d. 1983).
1908 - Luis Regueiro, footballer (d. 1995).
1924 – Antoni Ramallets, footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1939 - José Antonio Marina, philosopher.
1944 - Abel Gomez Moreno composer, musicologist and director of music.
1951 - José Nazabal, cyclist
1968 – Jordi Mollà, actor, director, and screenwriter
1953 - Jesús María Sanz Iparraguirre, singer songwriter.
1956 - Ernesto Sáenz de Buruaga, journalist.
1964 - Cristina Cifuentes, politican.
1974 - Octavi Pujades, actor.
1977 - Verónica Sánchez, actress.
1984 - Rafita Gomar Moreno, actor.
Deaths
1109 - Alfonso VI of León, King.
1321 - Maria de Molina, Castilian queen between 1284 and 1295.
1482 - Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña, Spanish cardinal (b 1410).
1964 - Julio Casares, philologist, diplomat and violinist (b 1877).
1971 - Camilo Alonso Vega, soldier (b. 1885).
1990 - Mario Cabré, actor, television presenter and bullfighter (b. 1916).
1994 – Dominic Lucero, Spanish-American actor and dancer (b. 1967)
2008 - Lucio Ballesteros, jounalist and poet (b. 1906).
2009 - Baltasar Porcel, writer (b. 1937).
2009 - Josefa Martín Luengo, anarchist educator (b 1944.).
2010 - Ramon Ayerra, writer and jurist (b 1937.).
2010 - Enrique Sánchez-Monge y Parellada, engineer (b 1921.).
1431 – The Battle of La Higueruela takes place in Granada, leading to a modest advance of the Kingdom of Castile during the Reconquista.
Jordi Mollá in Call of Duty - photo www.eliberico.com
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1898 – Spanish–American War: The Battle of San Juan Hill is fought in Santiago de Cuba.
1905 - Gijón, the football club Real Sporting de Gijón was founded.
1966 - The Spanish Museum of Abstract Art opens in Cuenca
1976 - Carlos Arias Navarro resigns, the last Prime Minister of Spain appointed by the dictator Francisco Franco.
1993 - Offically founded the Universities of Jaén and Huelva.
1997 - The Guardia Civil find the prison officer, José Antonio Ortega Lara, in a hide in Mondragón. He had been kidnapped and held by ETA for 532 days
2010 - Sandro Rosell assumes the presidency of FC Barcelona.
2011 - Police operation against the SGAE arrests the director Teddy Bautista and 8 managers for corporate crime and misappropriation.
Births
1723 – Pedro Rodríguez, Conde de Campomanes, politician (d. 1802)
1772 - Rafael Esteve, draftsman (d. 1847).
1891 - Nicolás Franco, solider and politican (d. 1977).
1902 - Félix Quesada, football player and trainer (d. 1959).
1902 - Josep Lluís Sert, architect (d. 1983).
1908 - Luis Regueiro, footballer (d. 1995).
1924 – Antoni Ramallets, footballer and manager (d. 2013)
1939 - José Antonio Marina, philosopher.
1944 - Abel Gomez Moreno composer, musicologist and director of music.
1951 - José Nazabal, cyclist
1968 – Jordi Mollà, actor, director, and screenwriter
1953 - Jesús María Sanz Iparraguirre, singer songwriter.
1956 - Ernesto Sáenz de Buruaga, journalist.
1964 - Cristina Cifuentes, politican.
1974 - Octavi Pujades, actor.
1977 - Verónica Sánchez, actress.
1984 - Rafita Gomar Moreno, actor.
Deaths
1109 - Alfonso VI of León, King.
1321 - Maria de Molina, Castilian queen between 1284 and 1295.
1482 - Alfonso Carrillo de Acuña, Spanish cardinal (b 1410).
1964 - Julio Casares, philologist, diplomat and violinist (b 1877).
1971 - Camilo Alonso Vega, soldier (b. 1885).
1990 - Mario Cabré, actor, television presenter and bullfighter (b. 1916).
1994 – Dominic Lucero, Spanish-American actor and dancer (b. 1967)
2008 - Lucio Ballesteros, jounalist and poet (b. 1906).
2009 - Baltasar Porcel, writer (b. 1937).
2009 - Josefa Martín Luengo, anarchist educator (b 1944.).
2010 - Ramon Ayerra, writer and jurist (b 1937.).
2010 - Enrique Sánchez-Monge y Parellada, engineer (b 1921.).
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