1989 in Spain

Incumbents

• Monarch: Juan [Carlos I]
• Prime Minister: Felipe González

  Events

• 19 October - Vandellòs I [nuclear accident]: a fire breaks out in one of the nuclear plant's generators killing 31 employees and firefighters and exposing 130,000 people to radiation.
• 29 October - General election takes place
• The University of [Las Palmas de Gran Canaria] is established.

  Births

• 20 September – Paula Klamburg, synchronized swimmer

  Deaths

• 27 November – Carlos Arias Navarro, politician