Events in the year 1976 in Spain.
Incumbents Monarch – Juan Carlos I Prime minister – Carlos Arias Navarro, until 1 July Prime minister – Adolfo Suárez, from 5 July
Events 9 January – The Ministry of Development Planning is dissolved. 28 February – The Spanish government relinquishes control of the Spanish Sahara, the final colony of the Spanish Empire. 16 February – The Barcelona Convention is adopted, aiming to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. 3 March – 150 people are injured and 5 die following a police shooting at a church in Vitoria-Gasteiz during the Vitoria massacre. 5 April – 29 political prisoners escape in the Segovia prison break. 4 May – The daily newspaper El País is published for the first time.Breve historia de (in Spanish), El País. . 9 May Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48 crashes on its approach to Madrid. Two are killed in the Montejurra massacre in Navarre. 1 July – Prime minister Carlos Arias Navarro is forced to resign following pressure from Juan Carlos I. 5 July – Adolfo Suárez becomes the new prime minister, ending the Second government of Carlos Arias Navarro. 8 July – The first government of Adolfo Suárez is formed. 4 October – 5 people die during the Assassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar, part of the ongoing Basque conflict. 15 December – 97.4% of the population votes in favor of The Political Reform Act through the 1976 Spanish political reform referendum.
Births
2 January – Paz Vega, actor 12 January – La Shica, musician 20 January – David DeMaría, musician 3 February – Rocío Orsi, philosopher (died 2014) 17 February – Daniel Grao, actor 18 February – Házael González, author 20 February – Raulo Cáceres, comic artist 2 March – Emmanuel Esparza, actor 9 March – Carmen Montón, politician 12 March – María Adánez, actor 1 April – Emma Ríos, comic artist 14 April – Santiago Abascal, politician 17 May – Mayte Martínez, athlete 30 May – Alejandro Fernández (politician), politician 2 June – Blanca Romero, actor 17 June – Carolina Pascual, gymnast 18 June – Irene Montalà, actor 20 June – Alícia Romero, politician 21 June – Ivó Giner, golfer 24 June – David Bagration of Mukhrani, disputed Head of the Royal House of Georgia 3 July – Laura Vilagrà, politician 8 July – Maider Etxebarria, politician 18 July – Elsa Pataky, model and actor 22 July – José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa, politician 25 July – Unai Hualde, politician 10 August – Pablo Derqui, actor 19 August – Elsa Artadi, politicians 25 August – Susana Seivane, musician 26 August – Amaia Montero, musician 4 September – Iván Massagué, actor 16 September – Mónica Carrillo, journalist 19 October – Xabier Fernández, sailor 20 October – Patricia Rueda Perello, politician 26 October – Jordi Solé i Ferrando, politician 10 December – Álvaro Benito, footballer and musician 17 December – Roger Casamajor, actor 27 December – Asier Antona Gómez, politician
Deaths 6 January – Óscar Esplá, composer (born 1886) 17 February – Clementina Arderiu, poet (born 1889) 30 June – Federico Romero, poet (born 1886) 13 July – Jesús Rubio García-Mina, politician (born 1908) 2 August – Cecilia, musician (born 1948) 26 August – Tomás Borrás, author (born 1891) 22 October – Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel, politician (born 1917) 16 November – Antonio Arrúe Zarauz, politician (born 1903) 25 November – Fernando María Castiella, politician (born 1907) 4 December – Pepe Marchena, flamenco singer (born 1903)
See also 1976 in Spanish television List of Spanish films of 1976 List of Spanish number-one singles in 1976
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