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2013 In Spain
Events of 2013 in Spain Incumbents * Monarch - Juan Carlos I * Prime Minister - Mariano Rajoy Events January * 30 January - The Spanish newspaper El País publishes accounting information - which will be known as Bárcenas affair - revealing the alleged payment of bonuses to the Spanish People's Party leaders from undeclared contributions from businesses. July *8 July - Nine people have died and 21 were injured after a bus careered off the road near the central town of Avila. *24 July - The Santiago de Compostela derailment kills 77. September * Miss Universe Spain 2013 October *28 October - A gas leak at a coal mine has killed six people and left five injured. Births in 2013 * January 22 - Milan Piqué, son of Shakira & Gerard Piqué Deaths in 2013 * January 8 - Manuel Mota, 46, Spanish fashion designer, suicide. * January 6 ** Jon Ander López, 36, Spanish footballer, heart attack. ** Enrique Meneses, 83, Spanish photographer. * March 28 - Manuel García ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
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Gerard Piqué
Gerard Piqué Bernabeu (, ; born 2 February 1987) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is considered one of the best defenders of his generation. Initially a highly promising student at La Masia, Piqué joined Manchester United in 2004. He returned to Barcelona in 2008 under Pep Guardiola's leadership and helped the club win trebles in 2008–09 and 2014–15. He is one of only four players to have won the UEFA Champions League two years in a row with different teams, the others being Marcel Desailly, Paulo Sousa and Samuel Eto'o. Piqué also represented Spain 102 times, making his debut on 11 February 2009. He played an integral role on the Spanish teams that won the 2010 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2012. He retired from the national team after the 2018 FIFA World Cup. Club career Early career Born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Piqué started his career playing for FC Barcelona's youth teams as a defensive midfielder, but be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 In Spanish Television
This is a list of Spanish television related events from 2013. Events * 2 January - New TV Channel, Nueve is launched. * 11 January - Strike action in Telemadrid comes to an end after 28 days. * 22 March - After the Supreme Court of Spain Decision of 27 November 2012, The Government withdraws 9 operating licences to Media Companies: 2 to Mediaset España, 3 to Atresmedia, 2 to Net TV and 2 to Veo Televisión S. A. * 26 March - Broadcasting of the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification football match Spain-France in Telecinco, gets 10,5 millones viewers (52,5% share). *30 June TV Channel Cartoon Network España shuts down. * 6 November - Regional TV channel Canal Nou is shut down by the Government of Valencian Community. * 19 December - TV Channel Teledeporte HD is launched. * 31 December - La 1 starts broadcasting in High-definition television. Debuts Television shows Ending this year Changes of network affiliation Deaths * 17 January - Fernando Guillén, actor, 80. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María De Villota
María de Villota Comba (13 January 1979 – 11 October 2013) was a Spanish racing driver. She was the daughter of former Formula One driver Emilio de Villota, and sister of Emilio de Villota Jr., who similarly competed in Formula Palmer Audi. Prior to her death, De Villota was recovering from serious head and facial injuries, sustained during an accident in straight-line testing as the Marussia Formula One team test driver. Early career De Villota was born in Madrid. She competed in numerous racing series, including the World Touring Car Championship and ADAC Procar Series. In August 2009, she signed with Atlético Madrid to race for the remainder of the season in the Superleague Formula open wheel racing series. She remained with the Atlético Madrid team until the series folded in 2011. She also competed in the 2005 24 Hours of Daytona endurance race. Formula One On 18 August 2011, the Lotus Renault GP team confirmed reports that De Villota had made her Formula One ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 11
Events Pre-1600 *1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever. * 1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars. *1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311. 1601–1900 *1614 – The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States. * 1634 – The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. * 1649 – Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians. *1767 – Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed. * 1776 – American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. * 1797 – The Royal Navy decisively defeats t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesús Franco
Jesús Franco Manera (12 May 1930 – 2 April 2013) was a Spanish filmmaker, composer, and actor, known as a prolific director of low-budget exploitation and B-movies. In a career spanning from 1959 to 2013, he wrote, directed, produced, acted in, and scored approximately 173 feature films, working both in his native Spain and (during the rule of Francisco Franco) in France, West Germany, Switzerland and Portugal. Additionally, during the 1960s, he made several films in Rio de Janeiro and Istanbul. Biography Of Cuban and Mexican parentage, Franco was born in Madrid and studied at the city's Instituto de Investigaciones y Experiencias Cinematográficas and the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques in Paris. He began his career in 1954 (aged 24) as an assistant director in the Spanish film industry, performing many tasks including composing music for some films as well as co-writing a number of the screenplays. He assisted directors such as Joaquín Luis Romero March ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April 2
Events Pre-1600 *1513 – Having spotted land on March 27, Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de León comes ashore on what is now the U.S. state of Florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of St. Augustine and the mouth of the St. Johns River. 1601–1900 *1755 – Commodore William James captures the Maratha fortress of Suvarnadurg on the west coast of India. *1792 – The Coinage Act is passed by Congress, establishing the United States Mint. *1800 – Ludwig van Beethoven leads the premiere of his First Symphony in Vienna. *1801 – French Revolutionary Wars: In the Battle of Copenhagen a British Royal Navy squadron defeats a hastily assembled, smaller, mostly-volunteer Dano-Norwegian Navy at high cost, forcing Denmark out of the Second League of Armed Neutrality. *1863 – American Civil War: The largest in a series of Southern bread riots occurs in Richmond, Virginia. *1865 – American Civil War: Defeat at the Third Battl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel García Ferré
Manuel García Ferré (8 October 1929 – 28 March 2013) was a Spanish Argentine animation director and cartoonist. Biography García Ferré was born in Almería, Spain, in 1929. He arrived in Argentina in 1947, and worked for advertising agencies while studying architecture. In 1952 his character Pi Pío was accepted and published by the important magazine ''Billiken''. In 1964 he created '' Anteojito'', a children's magazine which at its height in the 1970s, had a circulation of 300,000 copies. As director of his own animation studio, García Ferré created numerous animated TV series and films. The most influential of these was '' Hijitus'', aired between 1967 and 1974 on Channel 13. The first animated television series in Argentina, ''Hijitus'' was also aired elsewhere in the region and became the most successful television series of its kind in Latin America. He managed ''Anteojito'' magazine until its last issue in 2002, and from 1985 to 2007 he was editor of another publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 28
Events Pre-1600 * AD 37 – Roman emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, bestowed on him by the Senate. * 193 – After assassinating the Roman Emperor Pertinax, his Praetorian Guards auction off the throne to Didius Julianus. * 364 – Roman Emperor Valentinian I appoints his brother Flavius Valens co-emperor. *1566 – The foundation stone of Valletta, Malta's capital city, is laid by Jean Parisot de Valette, Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. 1601–1900 * 1776 – Juan Bautista de Anza finds the site for the Presidio of San Francisco. *1795 – Partitions of Poland: The Duchy of Courland and Semigallia, a northern fief of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, ceases to exist and becomes part of Imperial Russia. *1801 – Treaty of Florence is signed, ending the war between the French Republic and the Kingdom of Naples. *1802 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovers 2 Pallas, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
