# 1976 in Spain

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Events in the year 1976 in Spain.

## Incumbents

* Monarch – Juan Carlos I
* Prime minister – Carlos Arias Navarro, until 1 July
* Prime minister – Adolfo Suárez, from 5 July

## Events

* 9 January – The Ministry of Development Planning is dissolved.
* 28 February – The Spanish government relinquishes control of the Spanish Sahara, the final colony of the Spanish Empire.
* 16 February – The Barcelona Convention is adopted, aiming to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.
* 3 March – 150 people are injured and 5 die following a police shooting at a church in Vitoria-Gasteiz during the Vitoria massacre.
* 5 April – 29 political prisoners escape in the Segovia prison break.
* 4 May – The daily newspaper El País is published for the first time.
* 9 May
** Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48 crashes on its approach to Madrid.
** Two are killed in the Montejurra massacre in Navarre.
* 1 July – Prime minister Carlos Arias Navarro is forced to resign following pressure from Juan Carlos I.
* 5 July – Adolfo Suárez becomes the new prime minister, ending the Second government of Carlos Arias Navarro.
* 8 July – The first government of Adolfo Suárez is formed.
* 4 October – 5 people die during the Assassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar, part of the ongoing Basque conflict.
* 15 December – 97.4% of the population votes in favor of The Political Reform Act through the 1976 Spanish political reform referendum.

## Births

* 2 January – Paz Vega, actor
* 12 January – La Shica, musician
* 20 January – David DeMaría, musician
* 3 February – Rocío Orsi, philosopher (died 2014)
* 17 February – Daniel Grao, actor
* 18 February – Házael González, author
* 20 February – Raulo Cáceres, comic artist
* 2 March – Emmanuel Esparza, actor
* 9 March – Carmen Montón, politician
* 12 March – María Adánez, actor
* 1 April – Emma Ríos, comic artist
* 14 April – Santiago Abascal, politician
* 17 May – Mayte Martínez, athlete
* 30 May – Alejandro Fernández (politician), politician
* 2 June – Blanca Romero, actor
* 17 June – Carolina Pascual, gymnast
* 18 June – Irene Montalà, actor
* 20 June – Alícia Romero, politician
* 21 June – Ivó Giner, golfer
* 24 June – David Bagration of Mukhrani, disputed Head of the Royal House of Georgia
* 3 July – Laura Vilagrà, politician
* 8 July – Maider Etxebarria, politician
* 18 July – Elsa Pataky, model and actor
* 22 July – José María Espejo-Saavedra Conesa, politician
* 25 July – Unai Hualde, politician
* 10 August – Pablo Derqui, actor
* 19 August – Elsa Artadi, politicians
* 25 August – Susana Seivane, musician
* 26 August – Amaia Montero, musician
* 4 September – Iván Massagué, actor
* 16 September – Mónica Carrillo, journalist
* 19 October – Xabier Fernández, sailor
* 20 October – Patricia Rueda Perello, politician
* 26 October – Jordi Solé i Ferrando, politician
* 10 December – Álvaro Benito, footballer and musician
* 17 December – Roger Casamajor, actor
* 27 December – Asier Antona Gómez, politician

## Deaths

* 6 January – Óscar Esplá, composer (born 1886)
* 17 February – Clementina Arderiu, poet (born 1889)
* 30 June – Federico Romero, poet (born 1886)
* 13 July – Jesús Rubio García-Mina, politician (born 1908)
* 2 August – Cecilia, musician (born 1948)
* 26 August – Tomás Borrás, author (born 1891)
* 22 October – Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel, politician (born 1917)
* 16 November – Antonio Arrúe Zarauz, politician (born 1903)
* 25 November – Fernando María Castiella, politician (born 1907)
* 4 December – Pepe Marchena, flamenco singer (born 1903)