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Events in the year 2010 in Spain.
Incumbents
Regional presidents
- Andalusia: José Antonio Griñán
- Aragón: Marcelino Iglesias
- Asturias: Vicente Álvarez Areces
- Balearic Islands: Francesc Antich
- Basque Country: Patxi López
- Canary Islands: Paulino Rivero
- Cantabria: Miguel Ángel Revilla
- Castilla–La Mancha: José María Barreda
- Castile and León: Juan Vicente Herrera
- Catalonia: José Montilla (until 24 December), Artur Mas (starting 24 December)
- Extremadura: Guillermo Fernández Vara
- Galicia: Alberto Núñez Feijóo
- 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
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- January 1 – Spain takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from Sweden.
- March 7 – Tens of thousands demonstrate against an abortion bill in several Spanish cities.
- 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.
- 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.
- July 20 – Spain rejects a proposal to ban the burqa in public places; 183 to 162, with two abstaining.
- July 28 – The Spanish autonomous community of Catalonia bans bullfighting, the first region on the mainland to do so.
- August 19 – Forty people are injured after a bull leaps into a crowd in Tafalla, Spain; the bull is killed.
- 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.
Popular culture
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Sport
- March 14 – Fernando Alonso of Spain wins the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix Formula One race.
- July 4 – Rafael Nadal of Spain wins the men's singles titles at the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.
- July 11 – Spain defeats the Netherlands by a score of one goal to nil in extra time of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup, with Andrés Iniesta scoring the winning goal.
- Gustaaf Deloor wins the Vuelta a España.
Film
- July 11 – Spanish film-maker Augusti Vila wins the main prize at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic for his film The Mosquito Net.
Television
Literature
Main article: 2010 in literatureNotable deaths
- January 14 – Antonio Fontán, 86, Spanish politician and journalist.
- February 4 – Manuel Esteba, 68, Spanish film director.
- February 12 – Luis Molowny, 84, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
- March 12 – Miguel Delibes, Spanish author and journalist (born 1920)
- April 6 – Guillermo Luca de Tena, 82, Spanish journalist.
- April 21 – Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish sports official (born 1920)
- April 26 – Alberto Vitoria, 54, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
- April 30 – Jordi Estadella, 61, Spanish voice actor, radio and television personality (Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez), after long illness.
- May 4 – Ángel Cristo, 65, Spanish animal tamer and circus promoter, cardiac arrest.
- May 12 – Antonio Ozores, 81, Spanish actor, cancer.
- May 15 – Juan José Carbó, 83, Spanish cartoonist.
- June 7 – José Albi, 88, Spanish poet.
- July 2 – Félix Pons, 68, Spanish politician, President of the Congress of Deputies (1986–1996), cancer.
- July 6 – José Rico Pérez, 92, Spanish businessman, President of Hércules CF.
- July 10 – Aldo Sambrell, 79, Spanish actor, stroke.
- July 14 – Eduardo Sánchez Junco, 67, Spanish businessman, founder and owner of Hello!.
- August 9 – Juan Marichal, 88, Spanish historian.
- August 9 – Fernando Fernández, 70, Spanish illustrator and comic artist, after long illness.
- August 17 – Alejandro Maclean, 41, Spanish television, film producer and aerobatics pilot, plane crash.
- 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.
- August 26 – Raimon Panikkar, Spanish theologian (born 1918)
- September 7 – Wilebaldo Solano, 94, Spanish communist activist during the Spanish Civil War.
- September 7 – Joaquín Soler Serrano, 91, Spanish journalist, Alzheimer's disease.
- September 15 – Raúl Trapero, 47, Spanish Olympic boxer, traffic accident.
- September 19 – José Antonio Labordeta, 75, Spanish songwriter, professor, writer, presenter and politician.
- October 4 – Gregorio Ros, 58, Spanish make-up artist, complications from a degenerative disease.
See also
References
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