Events in the year 2001 in Spain.
Incumbents Monarch: Juan Carlos I Prime Minister: José María Aznar López
Events February 5: Endesa and Iberdrola, two electrical companies announce that the merger process that began in October 2000 has stopped and will not be finalized. 11: 7 Technicians of the Compañía Lírica die in a traffic accident. 13: Javier Bardem is nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Julian Schnabel's film Before Night Falls, being the first Spanish actor to do so. 22: Terrorist group ETA execute a car bombing that kills two employees of the company Elektra in San Sebastián.
April 7: The Partido de Acción Socialista (PASOC) agrees to abandon its federal congress within the United and Alternative Left. 23: Madrid is chosen to be a World Book Capital
May 13: The EAJ-PNV/EA coalition (Basque Nationalist Party and Eusko Alkartasuna) attains a great victory during the Basque regional elections, forming a government for the next four years. Juan José Ibarretxe stays on as president the autonomous community of the Basque Country.
August 24: Singer Joaquin Sabina suffered a minor stroke because of excessive drug use that would lead him to the brink of death. 31: After the death of twelve patients undergoing hemodialysis in Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona, The Department of Pharmacy decides granting a protective detention of a dialyzer marketed by multinational Baxter.
December The Orquesta Ciudad de Almería, OCAL (City Orchestra of Almeria) is founded in the Province of Almería,
Sports 2000–01 La Liga 2000–01 Segunda División 2000–01 Copa del Rey 2001 Vuelta a España
Births
January 9: Eric García, footballer January 29: Melania Rodríguez, trampolinist February 11: Bryan Gil, footballer April 4: Daniel Aviles, actor August 4: Robert Vilarasau, trampolinist
Deaths
December 23 - Vincente Gómez, guitarist and composer (born 1911)
See also 2001 in Spanish television List of Spanish films of 2001
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