Events in the year 2006 in
Spain.
Incumbents
*
Monarch:
Juan Carlos I
Juan Carlos I (;,
* ca, Joan Carles I,
* gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 Novem ...
*
Prime Minister:
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero
José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (; born 4 August 1960) is a Spanish politician and member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was the Prime Minister of Spain being elected for two terms, in the 2004 and 2008 general elections ...
Events
*March 27: Spain's sixth terrestrial television broadcaster,
La Sexta, starts programming.
*November 28:
Ciberobn, a public research consortium is founded.
*December 30:
A bombing at the
Barajas Airport in Madrid kills two people and injures twenty.
ETA
Eta (uppercase , lowercase ; grc, ἦτα ''ē̂ta'' or ell, ήτα ''ita'' ) is the seventh letter of the Greek alphabet, representing the close front unrounded vowel . Originally denoting the voiceless glottal fricative in most dialects, ...
claims responsibility.
Births
*
April 20 -
Dean Berta Viñales
Dean Berta Viñales (20 April 2006 – 25 September 2021) was a Spanish professional motorcycle racer. He competed in the Supersport 300 World Championship for the Viñales Racing Team on a Yamaha YZF-R3.
Berta Viñales was the cousin of Maver ...
, Spanish motorcycle rider (d.
2021
File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...
)
Deaths
*March 25:
Rocío Durcal Rocío is a Spanish female name, literally meaning "dew". Notable people with the name include:
*Rocío Banquells (1958), Mexican pop singer and actress
*Rocío Carrasco, Rociíto (1977), Spanish TV presenter and business woman
* Rocío Comba (1987 ...
, singer and actress
*June 1:
Rocío Jurado
María del Rocío Mohedano Jurado (, 18 September 1944 – 1 June 2006), better known as Rocío Jurado, was a Spanish singer and actress. She was born in Chipiona (Cádiz) and nicknamed "La más grande" ("The Greatest").
In 2000 in New York Cit ...
, singer and actress
*November 26:
Isaac Gálvez López, cyclist
See also
*
2006 in Spanish television
This is a list of Spanish television related events in 2006. Events
* 15 February: Regional Channel Canal Extremadura Televisión starts broadcasting.
* 27 March: Nationwide TV Channel La Sexta starts broadcasting.
* 14 April: Regional Channel ...
*
List of Spanish films of 2006
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2006 In Spain
Spain
Years of the 21st century in Spain