History
Spain On This Day - May 5
By m.p.
May 5, 2008 - 6:48 AM

1437: Abú Adb Allah Muhammad, known as Boabdil, was taken in triumph to the Alhambra palace in Granada to retake the throne of Granada while El Zagal retired to Almuñecar.

1494: Crsitóbal Colón discovered Jamaica.

1890: The law of universal suffrage was proclaimed.

1902: Earthquake in Murcia – several buildings collapse.

1912: Ebro canal opens at Tortosa, Tarragona.

1920: Eduardo Dato forms a conservative government in Madrid.

1930: The Central University is closed in Madrid after continued student demonstrations.

1973: Airbus 300 presented in Madrid.

1982: Ángel Pascual Múgica, director of the nuclear plant at Lemóniz is assassinated by ETA.

1996: José María Aznar swears in as Prime Minister before the King.

Spanish writer and politician, Joaquín Leguina was born 1942.
Raphael Martos, Spanish singer and actor born 1943.
César Alierta, President of Telefónica born 1945.
Pedro Piqueras, Spanish TV journalist born 1955.

Alfonso V – King of León and Galicia died 1028.