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Saints Days: Alejandro, Asterio, Bernardino de Sena, Baudillo and Anastasio
May 20, 2017 - 2:08 AM
Spain On This Day - May 20
Saints Days: Alejandro, Asterio, Bernardino de Sena, Baudillo and Anastasio
May 20, 2017 - 2:08 AM
1293 – King Sancho IV of Castile creates the Study of General Schools of Alcalá.
1485 - The Christian troops captured Ronda, the most important Nazari resistance point to the west
1493 - Christopher Columbus is named commander in chief of the Spanish armed with undertaking the second trip to America.
1520 - in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan (Mexico), the Spaniards under Pedro de Alvarado carried out the massacre in the great temple.
1591 - Juan Ramirez de Velasco founded the City of All Saints of the New Rioja.
1908 - in Gijon, Spain, the Municipal Stadium El Molinon is inaugurated.
1922 - Barcelona, the Camp de Les Corts, former Barcelona Football Club stadium is inaugurated.
1923 - in Valencia, Mestalla Stadium is inaugurated
1958 - Spain joined the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
1988 - Tthe president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, received the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.
1992 - Barcelona won their first European Cup by beating Sampdoria in Wembley
1998 - Real Madrid won their 7th European Cup against Juventus in Amsterdam
2001 - Wikipedia started in Spanish
2007 - Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal marks the record of 81 consecutive match wins on clay after a defeat in the final.
Births
1818 - Cúchares (Francisco Arjona Herrera), bullfighter (d. 1868).
1858 - Jaime Vera, doctor and socialist polician (d. 1918).
1878 - Blas Cabrera, physicist (d. 1945).
1897 – Diego Abad de Santillán, economist and author (d. 1983)
1891 - Juan Antonio Suanzes, solider and poltician (d. 1977).
1897 - Diego Abad de Santillán, anarquist (d. 1983).
1904 - Hernando Viñes, painter (d. 1993).
1913 - Juan Gimeno, cyclist (d. 1998).
1919 - Ramón Margalef, scientist, ecologist and researcher (d. 2004).
1932 - Antonio Suárez, cyclist (d. 1981).
1944 - Alejo Vidal-Quadras, politican.
1975 – Isaac Gálvez, cyclist (d. 2006)
1975 - Xabier San Martín, keyboard player and composer (La Oreja de Van Gogh).
1978 - Martín López, drummer
1978 - Eduard Soto, actor español.
1981 - Iker Casillas, goalkeeper Real Madrid
1986 – Yon González, actor
Deaths
1444 – Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)
1506 - Christopher Columbus, navigator, better known as the "discoverer" of America (b 1451).
1506 - Alonso Fernandez de Lugo, Spanish conqueror (b.1456).
1677 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
1798 - Cándido María Trigueros, writer, translator and dramatist (b. 1736)
1841 – Joseph Blanco White, poet and theologian (b. 1775)
1905 - José María Álvarez de Sotomayor, poet (b. 1880).
1973 - Joaquín Bau, trader and politician (b. 1897).
1985 - Eduardo Ortiz de Landazuri, doctor and professor (b. 1910).
1988 - Angel Juan Quesada, choirmaster and composer (b. 1909)
1998 - Ricardo Franco, film director (b. 1949)
2014 – Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933)
1485 - The Christian troops captured Ronda, the most important Nazari resistance point to the west
1493 - Christopher Columbus is named commander in chief of the Spanish armed with undertaking the second trip to America.
Iker Casillas - Archive photo
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1520 - in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan (Mexico), the Spaniards under Pedro de Alvarado carried out the massacre in the great temple.
1591 - Juan Ramirez de Velasco founded the City of All Saints of the New Rioja.
1908 - in Gijon, Spain, the Municipal Stadium El Molinon is inaugurated.
1922 - Barcelona, the Camp de Les Corts, former Barcelona Football Club stadium is inaugurated.
1923 - in Valencia, Mestalla Stadium is inaugurated
1958 - Spain joined the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank
1988 - Tthe president of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, received the Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation.
1992 - Barcelona won their first European Cup by beating Sampdoria in Wembley
1998 - Real Madrid won their 7th European Cup against Juventus in Amsterdam
2001 - Wikipedia started in Spanish
2007 - Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal marks the record of 81 consecutive match wins on clay after a defeat in the final.
Births
1818 - Cúchares (Francisco Arjona Herrera), bullfighter (d. 1868).
1858 - Jaime Vera, doctor and socialist polician (d. 1918).
1878 - Blas Cabrera, physicist (d. 1945).
1897 – Diego Abad de Santillán, economist and author (d. 1983)
1891 - Juan Antonio Suanzes, solider and poltician (d. 1977).
1897 - Diego Abad de Santillán, anarquist (d. 1983).
1904 - Hernando Viñes, painter (d. 1993).
1913 - Juan Gimeno, cyclist (d. 1998).
1919 - Ramón Margalef, scientist, ecologist and researcher (d. 2004).
1932 - Antonio Suárez, cyclist (d. 1981).
1944 - Alejo Vidal-Quadras, politican.
1975 – Isaac Gálvez, cyclist (d. 2006)
1975 - Xabier San Martín, keyboard player and composer (La Oreja de Van Gogh).
1978 - Martín López, drummer
1978 - Eduard Soto, actor español.
1981 - Iker Casillas, goalkeeper Real Madrid
1986 – Yon González, actor
Deaths
1444 – Bernardino of Siena, Italian-Spanish missionary and saint (b. 1380)
1506 - Christopher Columbus, navigator, better known as the "discoverer" of America (b 1451).
1506 - Alonso Fernandez de Lugo, Spanish conqueror (b.1456).
1677 – George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, Spanish-English politician, English Secretary of State (b. 1612)
1798 - Cándido María Trigueros, writer, translator and dramatist (b. 1736)
1841 – Joseph Blanco White, poet and theologian (b. 1775)
1905 - José María Álvarez de Sotomayor, poet (b. 1880).
1973 - Joaquín Bau, trader and politician (b. 1897).
1985 - Eduardo Ortiz de Landazuri, doctor and professor (b. 1910).
1988 - Angel Juan Quesada, choirmaster and composer (b. 1909)
1998 - Ricardo Franco, film director (b. 1949)
2014 – Prince Rupert Loewenstein, Spanish-English businessman (b. 1933)
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