Spain On This Day - May 4
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By m.p. - May 4, 2008 - 6:45 AM
Saints days – José María Rubio, Ciriaco, Florián, Paulino, Pelagia and Antonia. La Ascensión del Señor.

Mothers day

1455: The Christian forces of Enrique VI of Castilla entered into the villages of Alora, Coín and Cártama in Málaga, pulling up cereal crops and vines.

1502: Crsitóbal Colón started his fourth trip to America.

1589: Francis Drake started his plans to attack La Coruña.

1814: Fernando VII declared the 1812 Constitution null and all the decisions of the Cádiz courts.

1909: Large typhoid epidemic in Sevilla.

1923: Railway between Atocha and Puente de Vallecas opened in Madrid.

1935: Riots in Granada following the sale of a fascist publication, ‘Patria’.

1939: Spain withdraws from the League of Nations.

1941: Madrid horse race track at the Zarzuela opens.

1968: Spain closes the frontier with Gibraltar.

1970: Manolo Santana wins the Puerta de Hierro international tournament in Madrid.

1976: First edition of El País.

1979: The Senate is constituted in Spain.

1996: José María Aznar became Prime Minister after 13 years of PSOE government.

Bullfighter, Manuel Benítez, El Cordobés – born 1936.

Cesc Fàbregas – footballer, born 1987 same day as motorbike champion Jorge Lorenzo.

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