1973 in Spain
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Events in the year 1973 in Spain.
Incumbents
[edit]- Caudillo: Francisco Franco[1]
- Prime Minister: Luis Carrero Blanco (9 June–20 December); Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (20–31 December); Carlos Arias Navarro (from 31 December)
Events
[edit]- 8 April – Artist Pablo Picasso dies in Mougins, France.
- 10 May – The Polisario Front leads the Sahrawi insurgency in an effort to end colonial rule in the Spanish Sahara.[2]
- 9 June – The office of Prime Minister is created and the Eighth government of Francisco Franco ends. Luis Carrero Blanco is appointed as Prime Minister by Franco.[3]
- 12 June
- The Government of Luis Carrero Blanco is established.[4]
- The Ministry of Development Planning is established to oversee ongoing economic and social development plans which became known as the Spanish miracle.[5]
- 13 August – Aviaco Flight 118 crashes while attempting to land at Alvedro Airport.[6]
- 20 December – Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco is assassinated in Madrid by in a bombing organized by ETA.[7] Torcuato Fernández-Miranda acts as interim Prime Minister.
- 30 December – The sentences of the "Carabanchel Ten" are announced following the Proceso 1001 trial.[8]
- 31 December – Carlos Arias Navarro is appointed as Prime Minister.
Births
[edit]- 4 January – Laia Marull, actress
- 10 January – Iker Jiménez, journalist
- 5 February – Carme Chaparro, journalist
- 13 February – Miguel Poveda, flamenco singer
- 18 February – Melani Olivares, actress
- 28 February – Xavi Valero, footballer
- 11 March – Vicky Martín Berrocal, fashion designer and actress
- 17 March – Daniel Ballart, waterpolo player
- 19 March – Meritxell Batet, politician
- 20 March – Jaime Sánchez, footballer
- 9 April – Carmen Alcayde, actress
- 14 April – Toni Cuquerella, engineer
- 29 April – Bienvenido de Arriba, politician
- 3 May – Lourdes Maldonado, journalist
- 5 May – David Janer, actor
- 22 May – Emilio Alzamora, motorcyclist
- 23 May – Juan José Padilla, bullfighter
- 13 June – Hasier Arraiz, politician
- 14 July – Candela Peña, actress
- 22 July – Jaime Cantizano, presenter
- 1 August – Antonio Gómez, footballer
- 12 August – Joseba Beloki, bicyclist
- 7 September – Laura Pamplona, actress
- 18 September – Aitor Karanka, footballer
- 21 September – Virginia Ruano Pascual, tennis player
- 17 October – Quique González, musician
- 22 October – Andrés Palop, footballer
- 24 October – Iñaki de Miguel, basketball player
- 3 November – Ana Milán, actress and model
- 8 November – Iñigo Idiakez, footballer
- 15 November – Albert Portas, tennis player
- 21 November – Inés Sastre, actress and model
- 30 December – Nacho Vidal, pornographic actor
Deaths
[edit]- 7 January – Pedro Berruezo, footballer (born 1945)
- 10 January – Claudio de la Torre, author (born 1895)
- 16 April – Nino Bravo, musician (born 1944)
- 11 May – Juan Eduardo Cirlot, poet and polymath (born 1916)
- 20 December – Luis Carrero Blanco, Admiral-General and Prime Minister (born 1904)
- 22 December – Julio Gómez, composer (born 1886)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Francisco Franco: Biography, Nickname, Beliefs, & Facts". Encyclopaedia Britannica. 30 July 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
- ^ Baers, Michael (10 October 2022). A History of the Western Sahara Conflict: The Paper Desert. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 228–229. ISBN 978-1-5275-8573-7.
- ^ "Franco nombra Presidente del Gobierno al almirante Carrero Blanco". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 9 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ "El almirante Carrero Blanco forma nuevo Gobierno". La Vanguardia (in Spanish). 12 June 1973. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- ^ Ley 15/1973, de 11 de junio, por la que se crea el Ministerio de Planificación del Desarrollo. Boletín Oficial del Estado (Law 15) (in Spanish). 11 June 1973. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
- ^ "No ha habido supervivientes en el accidente aereo de La Coruña" [There have been no survivors in the air accident in La Coruña.]. ABC (Spain) (in Spanish). Madrid, Spain. 14 August 1973. p. 11.
- ^ Aizpeolea, Luis R. (18 December 2013). "The day ETA struck a lethal blow to the Franco regime". El País. Retrieved 18 April 2025.
- ^ Recio García, Armando (2007). "La prensa jurídica en el tardofranquismo: el Proceso 1001" (pdf). Historia y comunicación social (12). Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 177–88. ISSN 1137-0734.
