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1959
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7.20.1959
The Organization for European Economic Cooperation admits Spain.
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1966
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3.17.1966
Off the coast of Spain in the Mediterranean, the Ship DSV submarine finds a missing American hydrogen bomb. |
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1967
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9.10.1967
The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. |
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1968
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10.12.1968
Equatorial Guinea becomes independent from Spain
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1975
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10.30.1975
Prince Juan Carlos becomes Spain's acting head of state, taking over for the country's ailing dictator, Gen. Francisco Franco. |
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1976
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2.27.1976
The formerly Spanish territory of Western Sahara, under the auspices of the Polisario Front declares independence as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. |
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3.3.1976
5 workers are killed by the police in a demonstration in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
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1977
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10.6.1977
In Alicante, Spain, fascists attack a group of MCPV militants and sympathizers, and one MCPV sympathizer is killed.
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1978
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7.11.1978
Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
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12.6.1978
Spain approves its latest constitution in a referendum.
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1982
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5.12.1982
During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an ultraconservative Spanish priest opposed to the Vatican II reforms, believed that the Pope had to be killed for being an "agent of Moscow". |
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10.28.1982
Spanish Socialist Workers' Party wins elections, leading to first Socialist government in Spain after death of Franco. Felipe Gonzalez becomes Prime Minister-elect. |
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1983
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2.23.1983
The Spanish Socialist government of Felipe González and Miguel Boyer nationalizes Rumasa, a holding company founded by entrepreneur José María Ruiz Mateos. |
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1984
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11.27.1984
Under the Brussels Agreement signed between the governments of the United Kingdom and Spain, the former agreed to enter into discussions with Spain over Gibraltar, including sovereignty. |
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1985
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1986
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1992
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12.3.1992
The Greek oil tanker ''Aegean Sea'', carrying 80,000 tonnes of crude oil, runs aground in a storm while approaching La Coruña, Spain, and spills much of its cargo.
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1996
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7.20.1996
In Spain, an ETA bomb at Reus Airport injures 53 |
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1997
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1.18.1997
In north west Rwanda, Hutu militia members kill 3 Spanish aid workers, 3 soldiers and seriously wound one other. |
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7.10.1997
Partido Popular (Spain) member Miguel Ángel Blanco is kidnapped in the Basque city of Ermua by ETA members, sparking widespread protests. |
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1998
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10.16.1998
Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is arrested in London on a warrant from Spain requesting his extradition on murder charges. |
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2002
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3.1.2002
The peseta is discontinued as official currency of Spain and is replaced by the euro (€). |
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2003
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12.24.2003
The Spanish police thwart an attempt by ETA to detonate 50 kg of explosives at 3:55 p.m. inside Madrid's busy Chamartín Station.
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2004
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3.11.2004
Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people. |
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4.2.2004
Islamist terrorists involved in the 11 March 2004 Madrid attacks attempt to bomb the Spanish high-speed train AVE near Madrid. Their attack is thwarted. |
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2005
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2.20.2005
Spain becomes the first country to vote in a referendum on ratification of the proposed Constitution of the European Union, passing it by a substantial margin, but on a low turnout. |
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12.8.2005
Ante Gotovina, a Croatian army general accused of war crimes, is captured in the Playa de las Américas, Tenerife by the Spanish police. |
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2006
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7.3.2006
Valencia metro accident leaves 43 dead in Valencia, Spain.
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2007
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