1976 in Spain

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.
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
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
17 February – Clementina Arderiu, poet
30 June – Federico Romero, poet
13 July – Jesús Rubio García-Mina, politician
2 August – Cecilia, musician
26 August – Tomás Borrás, author
22 October – Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel, politician
16 November – Antonio Arrúe Zarauz, politician
25 November – Fernando María Castiella, politician
4 December – Pepe Marchena, flamenco singer