2009 in Spain
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Events in the year 2009 in Spain.
Incumbents
Events
The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated on July 24
- March 1 – The Basque Nationalist Party wins a plurality of seats in Spain's Basque Country's parliamentary elections.[1]
- May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.[2]
- June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.[3]
- 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.[4]
- July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.[5]
- July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.[6]
- July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.[7]
- 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.[8]
- August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.[9]
- November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.[10]
Popular culture
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.[11]
Highest-grossing films
| 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 |
Sport
- February 1 – Rafael Nadal of Spain defeats Roger Federer of Switzerland to win the 2009 Australian Open men's singles.[12]
- 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.[13]
- February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.[14]
- March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.[15]
- April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.[16]
- April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.[17]
- April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.[18]
- May 12 – Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.[19]
- May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.[20]
- June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.[21]
- June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.[22]
- July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.[23]
- July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.[24]
- August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.[25]
- August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.[26]
- August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.[27]
- August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.[28]
- September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.[29]
- September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.[30]
- September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
- September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.[31]
- October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.[32]
- October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).[33]
- October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.[34]
- November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.[35]
- November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
- November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.[36]
- November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.[37]
- December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.[38]
- December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.[39]
- December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.[40]
- December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.[41]
References
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