2009 in Spain

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Events in the year 2009 in Spain.

Incumbents

Monarch – Juan Carlos I^[1]
Prime Minister – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Regional presidents

Andalusia:
- until 7 April: Manuel Chaves
- 7 April–22 April: Gaspar Zarrias
- starting 22 April: José Antonio Griñán
Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich
Basque Country: Juan José Ibarretxe (until 7 May), Patxi López (starting 7 May)
Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero
Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
Castilla–La Mancha: José María Barreda
Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
Catalonia: José Montilla
Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
Galicia: Emilio Pérez Touriño (until 18 April), Alberto Núñez Feijóo (starting 18 April)
La Rioja: Pedro Sanz
Community of Madrid: Esperanza Aguirre
Region of Murcia: Ramón Luis Valcárcel
Navarre: Miguel Sanz
Valencian Community: Francisco Camps
Ceuta: Juan Jesús Vivas
Melilla: Juan José Imbroda

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.^[2]
May 18 – Italian Camorra leader Raffaele Amato is arrested in Marbella, Spain.^[3]
June 19 – A bomb explodes near Bilbao in the Basque region of Spain, killing one policeman.^[4]
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.^[5]
July 21 – Foreign Minister Miguel Ángel Moratinos becomes the first Spanish government official to visit Gibraltar in 300 years.^[6]
July 24 – The Gran Telescopio Canarias, the world's largest reflecting telescope, is inaugurated by King Juan Carlos I of Spain.^[7]
July 29 – 2009 Burgos bombing: A car bomb explodes outside a police barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos, injuring dozens of people.^[8]
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.^[9]
August 9 – Three bombs explode on the island of Majorca, Spain.^[10]
November 17 – The Spanish ship Alakrana and its crew of 36 are released after a US$3.5 million ransom is paid.^[11]

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.^[12]
2009 – Dance to the Spirits documentary film is released.^{[citation needed]}

Highest-grossing films

Highest-grossing films of 2009 in Spain
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

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.^[13]
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.^[14]
February 14 – Luís Andrés Edo, 82, Spanish anarchist.^[15]
March 1 – Pepe Rubianes, 61, Spanish Catalan actor and theatre director, lung cancer.^[16]
April 6 – Mari Trini, 61, Spanish pop singer and actress.^[17]
April 11 – Corín Tellado, 81, Spanish novelist, heart failure.^[18]
April 13 – Ángel Miguel, 79, Spanish professional golfer.^[19]
May 12
- Antonio Vega, 51, Spanish pop singer-songwriter (Nacha Pop), pneumonia.^[20]
- Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta (1928–2009), 80, Spanish economist, businessman, journalist and politician.^[21]
May 20 – María Amelia López Soliño, 97, Spanish blogger, world's oldest blogger.^[22]
June 19 – Vicente Ferrer Moncho, 89, Spanish philanthropist.^[23]
June 27 – Victoriano Crémer, 102, Spanish poet and journalist, natural causes.^[24]
July 1 – Baltasar Porcel, 72, Spanish Catalan writer, cancer.^[25]
July 11 – Maria del Carmen Bousada de Lara, 69, Spanish woman believed to be world's oldest mother, cancer.^[26]
August 5 – Jordi Sabater Pi, 87, Spanish ethologist, discovered albino gorilla Snowflake.^[27]
August 8 – Daniel Jarque, 26, Spanish footballer, heart attack.^[28]
August 11 – José Ramón García Antón, 61, Spanish engineer and politician in Valencian Community.^[29]
August 27 – Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez, 96, Spanish politician.^[30]
September 1 – Maria Christina of Bourbon-Parma, 84, Spanish royal (House of Bourbon-Parma), daughter of Elias, Duke of Parma.^[31]
September 19 – Víctor Israel, 80, Spanish actor.^{[citation needed]}
September 25 – Alicia de Larrocha, pianist (born 1923)
September 30 – Rafael Arozarena, 86, Spanish writer and poet.^[32]
October 16 – Andrés Montes, 53, Spanish sports commentator.^[33]
October 18 – Ignacio Ponseti, 95, Spanish physician and inventor (Ponseti method).^[34]
October 26 – Sabino Fernández Campo, 91, Spanish Chief of the Royal House, key figure in failed 23-F coup d'état.^[35]
November 2 – José Luis López Vázquez, 87, Spanish actor, after long illness.^[36]
November 3 – Francisco Ayala, novelist (born 1906)
November 12 – Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer, 60, Spanish judge, Advocate-General of the European Court of Justice.^[37]
November 30 – Paul Naschy, 75, Spanish actor, screenwriter and director, pancreatic cancer.^[38]
December 5 – Manuel Prado y Colón de Carvajal, 78, Spanish diplomat.^[39]
December 11 – Francisco Piquer Chanza, 87, Spanish actor.^[40]
December 17 – Albert Ràfols-Casamada, 86, Spanish artist.^[41]
December 30 – Ivan Zulueta, 66, Spanish designer and film director.^[42]

References

^ "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
^ Al Goodman (March 2, 2009). "Nationalists may lose power in Spain's Basque election - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved May 28, 2022.
^ "Naples mafia leader held in Spain". May 18, 2009.
^ "Bilbao blast leaves one dead". RTÉ.ie. June 19, 2009.
^ "The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved September 30, 2022.
^ "Spanish Minister Visits Gibraltar". The New York Times. July 21, 2009.
^ Spain giant teelscope ^{[dead link]}
^ "Car bomb explodes in northern Spain". RTÉ.ie. July 29, 2009.
^ "Two killed in Majorca bombing". RTÉ.ie. July 30, 2009.
^ "Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News.
^ "Ransom paid as Somali pirates free Spanish trawler - Channel NewsAsia". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ "Film prize for actor with Down's". September 28, 2009.
^ "The Associated Press: Nadal beats Federer to win Australian Open". Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
^ "Table e, as of June 11, 2003". Archived from the original on November 26, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2007.
^ "Luís Andrés Edo: Anarchist who fought the repressions of". Independent.co.uk. March 24, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022.
^ "Latin Herald Tribune". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ "Spanish singer Mari trini has died in a hospital in Murcia". Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ [1]^{[dead link]}
^ Arribas, Carlos (April 13, 2009). "Ángel Miguel, pionero del golf en España". El País.
^ "Antonio Vega: Trovador de la triste figura". May 13, 2009.
^ "Fallece a los 80 años el empresario y ex ministro Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. May 13, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
^ "The Times". Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ "Briefly: Vicente Ferrer - Obituaries, News - The Independent". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
^ "Latin American Herald Tribune". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ "Baltasar Porcel, one of the great Catalan writers, dies from brain tumour". barcelonareporter.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^ "World's oldest mother dies at 69". July 15, 2009.
^ "Spanish Primatologist Who Found Albino Gorilla Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020.
^ "Espanyol stunned by Jarque death". August 8, 2009.
^ "Valencian Community bids farewell to García Antón".
^ Cuadra, Bonifacio de la (August 28, 2009). "Fallece Ruiz-Giménez, el líder democristiano excluido de la Transición". El País.
^ "Private Site".
^ Cruz, Juan (October 2009). "Rafael Arozarena, poeta y novelista, autor de 'Mararía'". El País.
^ "Muere Andrés Montes". October 16, 2009. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ [2]^{[dead link]}
^ "Muere Sabino Fernández Campo, fiel consejero del Rey durante el 23-F". El País. October 25, 2009.
^ "Muere el actor José Luis López Vázquez a los 87 años | Cultura | elmundo.es". www.elmundo.es.
^ Death of Advocate General Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer Court of Justice of the European Communities
^ "Lives Remembered". www.telegraph.co.uk.
^ "Kolumbus-Nachfahre Prado gestorben: Comprendes.de - das Spanienmagazin". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ "Fallece el actor Francisco Piquer | Actualidad | EnMemoria.com". Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.
^ "Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas".
^ "Décès du réalisateur basque Ivan Zulueta - EiTB Actualites Culture". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

External links

[1] "Juan Carlos | Biography & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved August 29, 2023.

[2] Al Goodman (March 2, 2009). "Nationalists may lose power in Spain's Basque election - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved May 28, 2022.

[3] "Naples mafia leader held in Spain". May 18, 2009.

[4] "Bilbao blast leaves one dead". RTÉ.ie. June 19, 2009.

[5] "The Times & The Sunday Times". www.thetimes.co.uk. Retrieved September 30, 2022.

[6] "Spanish Minister Visits Gibraltar". The New York Times. July 21, 2009.

[7] Spain giant teelscope ^{[dead link]}

[8] "Car bomb explodes in northern Spain". RTÉ.ie. July 29, 2009.

[9] "Two killed in Majorca bombing". RTÉ.ie. July 30, 2009.

[10] "Bloomberg Politics - Bloomberg". Bloomberg News.

[11] "Ransom paid as Somali pirates free Spanish trawler - Channel NewsAsia". Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[12] "Film prize for actor with Down's". September 28, 2009.

[13] "The Associated Press: Nadal beats Federer to win Australian Open". Archived from the original on February 16, 2009. Retrieved November 10, 2016.

[14] "Table e, as of June 11, 2003". Archived from the original on November 26, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2007.

[15] "Luís Andrés Edo: Anarchist who fought the repressions of". Independent.co.uk. March 24, 2009. Archived from the original on May 1, 2022.

[16] "Latin Herald Tribune". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[17] "Spanish singer Mari trini has died in a hospital in Murcia". Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[18] [1]^{[dead link]}

[19] Arribas, Carlos (April 13, 2009). "Ángel Miguel, pionero del golf en España". El País.

[20] "Antonio Vega: Trovador de la triste figura". May 13, 2009.

[21] "Fallece a los 80 años el empresario y ex ministro Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta". ABC (in Spanish). Madrid. May 13, 2009. Retrieved March 11, 2022.

[22] "The Times". Archived from the original on August 15, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[23] "Briefly: Vicente Ferrer - Obituaries, News - The Independent". Independent.co.uk. Archived from the original on June 24, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2017.

[24] "Latin American Herald Tribune". Archived from the original on July 19, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[25] "Baltasar Porcel, one of the great Catalan writers, dies from brain tumour". barcelonareporter.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[26] "World's oldest mother dies at 69". July 15, 2009.

[27] "Spanish Primatologist Who Found Albino Gorilla Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. Archived from the original on November 21, 2020.

[28] "Espanyol stunned by Jarque death". August 8, 2009.

[29] "Valencian Community bids farewell to García Antón".

[30] Cuadra, Bonifacio de la (August 28, 2009). "Fallece Ruiz-Giménez, el líder democristiano excluido de la Transición". El País.

[31] "Private Site".

[32] Cruz, Juan (October 2009). "Rafael Arozarena, poeta y novelista, autor de 'Mararía'". El País.

[33] "Muere Andrés Montes". October 16, 2009. Archived from the original on January 24, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[34] [2]^{[dead link]}

[35] "Muere Sabino Fernández Campo, fiel consejero del Rey durante el 23-F". El País. October 25, 2009.

[36] "Muere el actor José Luis López Vázquez a los 87 años | Cultura | elmundo.es". www.elmundo.es.

[37] Death of Advocate General Dámaso Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer Court of Justice of the European Communities

[38] "Lives Remembered". www.telegraph.co.uk.

[39] "Kolumbus-Nachfahre Prado gestorben: Comprendes.de - das Spanienmagazin". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[40] "Fallece el actor Francisco Piquer | Actualidad | EnMemoria.com". Archived from the original on January 18, 2010. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

[41] "Buscar anuncios familiares - Todas las esquelas".

[42] "Décès du réalisateur basque Ivan Zulueta - EiTB Actualites Culture". Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved October 8, 2010.

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2009 in Spain

Incumbents

Regional presidents

Events

Film

Highest-grossing films

Television

Literature

Sport

Notable deaths

See also

References

External links

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