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History
Spain On This Day - July 1
By m.p.
Jul 1, 2008 - 6:21 AM

1431: The troops of Juan II of Castilla overcame the Nazari troops at Albolote, Granada

1966: The Spanish Museum of Abstract Art opens in Cuenca

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