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2010 in Spain

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{{Year in Spain|2010}}

Events in the year 2010 in Spain.

Incumbents

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Events

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  • January 1 – Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8435991.stm|title = Spain takes reins of revamped EU|date = 31 December 2009}}
  • March 7 – Tens of thousands demonstrate against an abortion bill in several Spanish cities.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8554340.stm|title = Spaniards rally against abortion|date = 7 March 2010}}
  • April 12 – A 6.2 magnitude earthquake strikes Spain, one of the first large earthquakes to strike the Iberian region in half a century.
  • May
  • The Hunter's Sword, Spanish comic is first published.
  • July 10 – Between 1.1 and 1.5 million people, according to organisers, and 56000 demonstrators, according to Spanish protesters-counting specialized company Lynce, demonstrate in central Barcelona demanding greater autonomy for Catalonia within Spain.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/europe/10588494.stm|title=Catalan protesters rally for greater autonomy in Spain|work=BBC News|date=10 July 2010}}
  • July 12 – Spain's victorious 2010 FIFA World Cup "campeones" return to Madrid where they are met by millions of people in the streets, the royal family and politicians.{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8811424.stm|title=Spain return to rapturous welcome|date=13 July 2010}}
  • July 20 – Spain rejects a proposal to ban the burqa in public places; 183 to 162, with two abstaining.{{cite web|url=http://arabnews.com/world/article87461.ece |title = Spain rejects proposal to ban burqa - Arab News |access-date=2010-08-04 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100723144423/http://arabnews.com/world/article87461.ece |archive-date=2010-07-23 }}
  • July 28 – The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia bans bullfighting, the first region on the mainland to do so.{{Cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fgw-catalonia-bullfighting-20100729,0,1162449.story?track=rss|title = After heated debate, Catalonia bans bullfighting|website = Los Angeles Times|date = 28 July 2010}}
  • August 19 – Forty people are injured after a bull leaps into a crowd in Tafalla, Spain; the bull is killed.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11022260|title = Rampaging bull injures 40 in Spanish arena|work = BBC News|date = 19 August 2010}}
  • September 27 – 95 people, including two former mayors and planning chief of Marbella, appear in court in Málaga in one of Spain's biggest corruption trials.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11421331|title = Spain mayors in court for Marbella property scam trial|work = BBC News|date = 27 September 2010}}

Popular culture

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Notable deaths

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  • January 14 – Antonio Fontán, 86, Spanish politician and journalist.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Fallece/Antonio/Fontan/primer/presidente/Senado/democracia/elpepuesp/20100114elpepunac_3/Tes|title=Fallece Antonio Fontán, el primer presidente del Senado de la democracia|newspaper=El País|date=14 January 2010}}
  • February 4 – Manuel Esteba, 68, Spanish film director.
  • February 12 – Luis Molowny, 84, Spanish footballer, heart attack.{{cite web|url=http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202812393354/noticia/Noticia/Real_Madrid_in_mourning.htm |title = Real Madrid C.F. - Web Oficial {{!}} Official Web Site - Real Madrid in mourning |access-date=2010-10-08 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100216125037/http://www.realmadrid.com/cs/Satellite/en/1202812393354/noticia/Noticia/Real_Madrid_in_mourning.htm |archive-date=2010-02-16 }}
  • March 12 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author and journalist (born 1920)
  • April 6 – Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.abc.es/20100406/medios-redes-prensa/muerto-madrid-guillermo-luca-20100406.html|title = Ha muerto en Madrid Guillermo Luca de Tena, presidente de Honor de ABC|date = 5 April 2010}}
  • April 21 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official (born 1920)
  • April 26 – Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack.{{Cite web|url=http://www.as.com/futbol/articulo/fallece-infarto-ex-jugador-alberto/dasftb/20100426dasdasftb_8/Tes|title = Fallece de un infarto el ex jugador Alberto Vitoria|date = 26 April 2010}}
  • April 29 – Tolo Calafat, 39, Spanish mountaineer, edema and exposure{{Cite news |date=2010-04-29 |title=Spanish mountaineer dies in Nepal |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8651160.stm |access-date=2025-03-21 |language=en-GB}}
  • April 30 – Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), after long illness.{{Cite web|url=http://www.enmemoria.com/actualidad/20100430/fallece-el-comunicador-jordi-estadella.html|title=Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas}}
  • May 4 – Ángel Cristo, 65, Spanish animal tamer and circus promoter, cardiac arrest.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704370704575228220104460924?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines|title = Top Lion Tamer Dies in Madrid|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|date = 10 May 2010|last1 = Pérez|first1 = Santiago}}
  • May 12 – Antonio Ozores, 81, Spanish actor, cancer.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/Muere/actor/Antonio/Ozores/elpepucul/20100512elpepucul_9/Tes|title = Muere el actor Antonio Ozores|newspaper = El País|date = 12 May 2010}}
  • May 15 – Juan José Carbó, 83, Spanish cartoonist.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lacarceldepapel.com/2010/05/16/adios-a-carbo/|title = Adiós a Carbó | la Cárcel de Papel|date = 16 May 2010}}
  • June 7 – José Albi, 88, Spanish poet.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lasprovincias.es/20100608/mas-actualidad/cultura/fallece-anos-poeta-valenciano-201006081350.html|title = Fallece a los 88 años el poeta valenciano José Albi|date = 8 June 2010}}
  • July 2 – Félix Pons, 68, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1996), cancer.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Felix/Pons/ex/presidente/Congreso/fallece/Mallorca/68/anos/elpepuesp/20100702elpepunac_7/Tes#|title = Félix Pons, ex presidente del Congreso, fallece en Mallorca a los 67 años|newspaper = El País|date = 2 July 2010}}
  • July 6 – José Rico Pérez, 92, Spanish businessman, President of Hércules CF.{{Cite web|url=http://www.enmemoria.com/actualidad/20100706/fallece-rico-perez-presidente-historico-del-hercules.html|title = Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas}}
  • July 10 – Aldo Sambrell, 79, Spanish actor, stroke.{{Cite web |url=http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/pacohuesca/2010/7/11/ha-muerto-aldo-sambrell |title = La Comunidad » la piel contra la piedra » HA MUERTO ALDO SAMBRELL |access-date=2010-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100714054221/http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/pacohuesca/2010/7/11/ha-muerto-aldo-sambrell |archive-date=2010-07-14 |url-status=dead}}
  • July 14 – Eduardo Sánchez Junco, 67, Spanish businessman, founder and owner of Hello!.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1016297/Hello-founder-dies-aged-67/|title=Hello! Founder dies aged 67}}
  • August 9 – Juan Marichal, 88, Spanish historian.{{cite web |url=http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=362438&CategoryId=13003 |title=Historian and Essayist Juan Marichal Dies |date= |website=Latin American Herald Tribune |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516052231/http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=362438&CategoryId=13003 |archive-date=2020-05-16}}
  • August 9 – Fernando Fernández, 70, Spanish illustrator and comic artist, after long illness.{{Cite web|url=http://www.enmemoria.com/actualidad/20100810/fallece-a-los-70-anos-el-dibujante-e-ilustrador-barcelones-fernando-fernandez.html|title=Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas}}
  • August 17 – Alejandro Maclean, 41, Spanish television, film producer and aerobatics pilot, plane crash.[http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100817/FOREIGN/100809562/1002/NEWS] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822192654/http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20100817%2FFOREIGN%2F100809562%2F1002%2FNEWS|date=2010-08-22}}
  • August 18 – Carlos Hugo of Bourbon-Parma, Spanish aristocrat (born 1930)
  • August 23 – Carlos Mendo, 77, Spanish journalist, founder of El País newspaper, after long illness.http://www.editorandpublisher.com/Headlines/el-pa%C3%ADs-co-founder-mendo-dead-at-77-62401-.aspx {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}
  • August 26 – Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (born 1918)
  • September 7 – Wilebaldo Solano, 94, Spanish communist activist during the Spanish Civil War.{{cite web| url = http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=508601| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110616051228/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=508601| archive-date = 2011-06-16| title = Fallece el ltimo l der del POUM, Wilebaldo Solano, a los 94 a os - ABC.es - Noticias Agencias}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014224000/http://www.abc.es/agencias/noticia.asp?noticia=508601 |date=2012-10-14 }}
  • September 7 – Joaquín Soler Serrano, 91, Spanish journalist, Alzheimer's disease.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lavanguardia.es/sucesos/noticias/20100907/53999165079/muere-el-historico-periodista-joaquin-soler-serrano-barcelona-venezuela-tve-television-espanola-radi.html |title = Muere el histórico periodista Joaquín Soler Serrano |access-date=2010-10-07 |archive-date=2010-09-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100912002555/http://www.lavanguardia.es/sucesos/noticias/20100907/53999165079/muere-el-historico-periodista-joaquin-soler-serrano-barcelona-venezuela-tve-television-espanola-radi.html |url-status=dead }}
  • September 15 – Raúl Trapero, 47, Spanish Olympic boxer, traffic accident.{{Cite web |url=http://www.heraldodesoria.es/index.php/mod.noticias/mem.detalle/idnoticia.55530 |title = El camionero que fue boxeador ol mpico {{!}} Heraldodesoria.es |access-date=2010-10-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101001011512/http://www.heraldodesoria.es/index.php/mod.noticias/mem.detalle/idnoticia.55530 |archive-date=2010-10-01 |url-status=dead}}
  • September 19 – José Antonio Labordeta, 75, Spanish songwriter, professor, writer, presenter and politician.{{Cite news|url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/espana/Jose/Antonio/Labordeta/muere/Zaragoza/larga/enfermedad/elpepuesp/20100919elpepunac_1/Tes|title = Miles de personas despiden a Labordeta en Zaragoza|newspaper = El País|date = 19 September 2010}}
  • October 4 – Gregorio Ros, 58, Spanish make-up artist, complications from a degenerative disease.{{Cite web|url=http://www.enmemoria.com/actualidad/20101005/muere-gregorio-ros-maquillador-de-peliculas-de-trueba-y-almodovar.html|title=Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas}}

See also

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