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See also:	Other events of 1976 List of years in Spain

Events in the year1976 inSpain.

• Monarch –Juan Carlos I^[1]
• Prime minister –Carlos Arias Navarro, until 1 July^[2]
• Prime minister –Adolfo Suárez, from 5 July^[3]

• 9 January – TheMinistry of Development Planning is dissolved.
• 28 February – The Spanish government relinquishes control of theSpanish Sahara, the final colony of theSpanish Empire.^[4]
• 16 February – TheBarcelona Convention is adopted, aiming to reduce pollution in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 3 March – 150 people are injured and 5 die following apolice shooting at a church inVitoria-Gasteiz during theVitoria massacre.
• 5 April – 29political prisoners escape in theSegovia prison break.
• 4 May – Thedaily newspaperEl País is published for the first time.^[5]
• 9 May
  • Imperial Iranian Air Force Flight 48 crashes on its approach toMadrid.
  • Two are killed in theMontejurra massacre inNavarre.^[6]
• 1 July – Prime ministerCarlos Arias Navarro is forced to resign following pressure fromJuan Carlos I.
• 5 July –Adolfo Suárez becomes the new prime minister, ending theSecond government of Carlos Arias Navarro.
• 8 July – Thefirst government of Adolfo Suárez is formed.
• 4 October – 5 people die during theAssassination of Juan María de Araluce Villar, part of the ongoingBasque conflict.^[7]
• 15 December – 97.4% of the population votes in favor of The Political Reform Act through the1976 Spanish political reform referendum.^[8]

• 6 January –Óscar Esplá, composer (born1886)
• 17 February –Clementina Arderiu, poet (born1889)
• 30 June –Federico Romero, poet (born1886)
• 13 July –Jesús Rubio García-Mina, politician (born1908)
• 2 August –Cecilia, musician (born1948)
• 26 August –Tomás Borrás, author (born1891)
• 22 October –Alejandro Rodríguez de Valcárcel, politician (born1917)
• 16 November –Antonio Arrúe Zarauz, politician (born1903)
• 25 November –Fernando María Castiella, politician (born1907)
• 4 December –Pepe Marchena,flamenco singer (born1903)

• 1976 in Spanish television
• List of Spanish films of 1976
• List of Spanish number-one singles in 1976

• 1976 in Spain
• 1976 by country
• Years of the 20th century in Spain

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