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Spain On This Day - May 10
By m.p. - May 10, 2008 - 8:44 AM
ALSO SEE : • Spain On This Day - September 16 - Sep 16, 2008 - 6:18 AM
• Spain On This Day - September 15 - Sep 15, 2008 - 6:46 AM

Saints Days: Juan de Ávila, Antonio and Félix.
1026: The Generals Muyahid and Jayran entered Córdoba

1713: The Sálica law, prohibiting women from accessing the throne was introduced in Spain

1720: Construction started on the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca

1808: Fernando VII renounced his rights to the Spanish throne, in Bayonne

1840: The first Spanish trade union – the Sociedad de Tejedores was founded

1891: First edition of Blanco y Negro, famous Spanish magazine

1920: An exhibition of old fans was opened in Madrid

1924: King Alfonso XIII opened an official car exhibition

1975: A series of terrorist attacks were carried out by far right groups in Bilbao

1979: Incidents in the Carabanchel prison in Madrid caused 2 deaths and 15 injuries
1979: Salvador Dalí entered as a member of the French Fine Arts Academy

1984: Rafael Escobedo was sentenced to 53 years in prison by the Supreme court for the murder of Marquises of Urquijo

Fernando the Catholic, King of Aragon, 1479-1516 was born 1452.
Tennis player, Manuel Santana born 1938

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• Spain On This Day - September 16 - Sep 16, 2008 - 6:18 AM
• Spain On This Day - September 15 - Sep 15, 2008 - 6:46 AM
• Spain On This Day - September 14 - Sep 14, 2008 - 7:04 PM
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