2009 in Spain

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See also:	Other events of 2009; List of years in Spain

Events in the year 2009 in Spain.

Incumbents

Monarch – Juan Carlos I
Prime Minister – José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

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

Music

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

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.^[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]

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Popular culture

Music

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Highest-grossing films

Television

Literature

Sport

Notable deaths

See also

References

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