- Source: 2009 in Spain
Events in the year 2009 in Spain.
Incumbents
Monarch – Juan Carlos I
Prime Minister – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
= Regional presidents
=Events
March 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections.
May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.
June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.
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.
July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.
July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.
July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.
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.
August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.
November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.
= Film
=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.
2009 – Dance to the Spirits documentary film is released.
Highest-grossing films
= Television
=2009 in Spanish television
= Literature
== Sport
=February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles.
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
January 6 – Manuela Fernández-Fojaco, 113, Spanish supercentenarian, verified oldest person in Europe.
February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.
March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.
April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.
April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.
April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.
May 12
Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.
Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009), 80, Spanish economist, businessman, journalist and politician.
May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.
June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.
June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.
July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.
July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.
August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.
August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.
August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.
September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.
September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.
September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.
October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.
October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).
October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.
November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.
November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.
November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.
December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.
December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.
December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.
December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.
See also
List of Spanish films of 2009
References
External links
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