2009 in Spain
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Events in the year 2009 in Spain.
Incumbents
[edit]Regional presidents
[edit]- Andalusia:
- until 7 April: Manuel Chaves
- 7 April–22 April: Gaspar Zarrias
- starting 22 April: José Antonio Griñán
- Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
- Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
- Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich
- Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe (until 7 May), Patxi López (starting 7 May)
- Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero
- Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
- Castilla–La Mancha: José María Barreda
- Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
- Catalonia: José Montilla
- Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
- Galicia: Emilio Pérez Touriño (until 18 April), Alberto Núñez Feijóo (starting 18 April)
- La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
- Community of Madrid: Esperanza Aguirre
- Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
- Navarre: Miguel Sanz
- Valencian Community: Francisco Camps
- Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
- Melilla: Juan José Imbroda
Events
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- March 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections.[2]
- May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.[3]
- June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.[4]
- July 10 – One person is killed by a bull, the first such fatality in 14 years, during the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.[5]
- July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.[6]
- July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.[7]
- July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.[8]
- July 30 – 2009 Palmanova bombing: At least two people are killed in a car bomb explosion at a Guardia Civil barracks in Palma Nova on the Spanish island of Mallorca.[9]
- August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.[10]
- November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.[11]
Film
[edit]- February 22 – Penélope Cruz wins the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film Vicky Cristina Barcelona, the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award.
- September 28 – Spain's Pablo Pineda wins the best actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, the first actor with Down's syndrome to win an international film award.[12]
- 2009 – Dance to the Spirits documentary film is released.[citation needed]
Highest-grossing films
[edit]| Rank | Title | Nation | Gross |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Up |  United States | €23,957,870 |
| 2 | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs | United States | €21,197,890 |
| 3 | Agora |  Spain | €18,532,500 |
| 4 | Angels & Demons | United States | €15,518,330 |
| 5 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |  United Kingdom/ United States | $13,633,800 |
| 6 | Gran Torino | United States | $12,747,330 |
| 7 | New Moon | United States | $12,646,590 |
| 8 | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | United States | $12,168,450 |
| 9 | Slumdog Millionaire | United Kingdom | $10,569,130 |
| 10 | Inglourious Basterds |  Germany/ United States | $10,416,820 |
Television
[edit]Literature
[edit]Sport
[edit]- February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles.[13]
- March 15 – Luis León Sánchez wins the Paris–Nice.
- May 13 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Cup.
- May 16 – FC Barcelona wins the Liga.
- May 27 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Champions League and becomes the first Spanish team to win the treble.
- June 13–14 – Marc Gené, as part of the Peugeot Sport Total team, wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- June 30 – July 3 − The Spanish team wins 83 medals (28 gold, 21 silver, 34 bronze) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games.
- July 26 – Alberto Contador wins the Tour de France.
- August 23 – FC Barcelona wins the Spanish Super Cup.
- August 28 – FC Barcelona wins the UEFA Super Cup.
- September 20 – Spain wins the EuroBasket 2009.
- September 20 – Alejandro Valverde wins the Vuelta a España.
- October 17 – Alberto Contador finishes first in the UCI World Ranking.
- December 13 – Alemayehu Bezabeh wins the European Cross Country Championships.
- December 19 – FC Barcelona wins the FIFA Club World Cup and becomes the first team to win six competitions in one year.
Notable deaths
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- January 6 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe.[14]
- February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.[15]
- March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.[16]
- April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.[17]
- April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.[18]
- April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.[19]
- May 12
- Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.[20]
- Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009), 80, Spanish economist, businessman, journalist and politician.[21]
- May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.[22]
- June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.[23]
- June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.[24]
- July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.[25]
- July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.[26]
- August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.[27]
- August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.[28]
- August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.[29]
- August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.[30]
- September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.[31]
- September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.[citation needed]
- September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
- September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.[32]
- October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.[33]
- October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).[34]
- October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.[35]
- November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.[36]
- November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
- November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.[37]
- November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.[38]
- December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.[39]
- December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.[40]
- December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.[41]
- December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.[42]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ^ Al Goodman (March 2, 2009). "Nationalists may lose power in Spain's Basque election - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
- ^ "Naples mafia leader held in Spain". May 18, 2009.
- ^ "Bilbao blast leaves one dead". RTÉ.ie. June 19, 2009.
- ^ "The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
- ^ "Spanish Minister Visits Gibraltar". The New York Times. July 21, 2009.
- ^ Spain giant teelscope [dead link]
- ^ "Car bomb explodes in northern Spain". RTÉ.ie. July 29, 2009.
- ^ "Two killed in Majorca bombing". RTÉ.ie. July 30, 2009.
- ^ "Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News.
- ^ "Ransom paid as Somali pirates free Spanish trawler - Channel NewsAsia". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ "Film prize for actor with Down's". September 28, 2009.
- ^ "The Associated Press: Nadal beats Federer to win Australian Open". Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "Table e, as of June 11, 2003". Archived from the original on November 26, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
- ^ "Luís Andrés Edo: Anarchist who fought the repressions of". Independent.co.uk. March 24, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022.
- ^ "Latin Herald Tribune". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ "Spanish singer Mari trini has died in a hospital in Murcia". Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ [1][dead link]
- ^ Arribas, Carlos (April 13, 2009). "Ángel Miguel, pionero del golf en España". El País.
- ^ "Antonio Vega: Trovador de la triste figura". May 13, 2009.
- ^ "Fallece a los 80 años el empresario y ex ministro Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. May 13, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
- ^ "The Times". Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ "Briefly: Vicente Ferrer - Obituaries, News - The Independent". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
- ^ "Latin American Herald Tribune". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ "Baltasar Porcel, one of the great Catalan writers, dies from brain tumour". barcelonareporter.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "World's oldest mother dies at 69". July 15, 2009.
- ^ "Spanish Primatologist Who Found Albino Gorilla Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020.
- ^ "Espanyol stunned by Jarque death". August 8, 2009.
- ^ "Valencian Community bids farewell to García Antón".
- ^ Cuadra, Bonifacio de la (August 28, 2009). "Fallece Ruiz-Giménez, el líder democristiano excluido de la Transición". El País.
- ^ "Private Site".
- ^ Cruz, Juan (October 2009). "Rafael Arozarena, poeta y novelista, autor de 'Mararía'". El País.
- ^ "Muere Andrés Montes". October 16, 2009. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ [2][dead link]
- ^ "Muere Sabino Fernández Campo, fiel consejero del Rey durante el 23-F". El País. October 25, 2009.
- ^ "Muere el actor José Luis López Vázquez a los 87 años | Cultura | elmundo.es". www.elmundo.es.
- ^ Death of Advocate General Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer Court of Justice of the European Communities
- ^ "Lives Remembered". www.telegraph.co.uk. December 8, 2009.
- ^ "Kolumbus-Nachfahre Prado gestorben: Comprendes.de - das Spanienmagazin". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
- ^ "Fallece el actor Francisco Piquer | Actualidad | EnMemoria.com". Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
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- ^ "Décès du réalisateur basque Ivan Zulueta - EiTB Actualites Culture". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
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