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2012 Event - Riot police are sent out to greet thousands of protesters in Madrid, Spain, who demand that the government quit

2004 Event - At least 170 die in train bombings in Madrid

1992 Event - "Les Miserables," opens at Nuevo Apolo, Madrid

1992 Death - Juanito, soccer star (Madrid Real 1977-87), dies at 37 in car crash

1991 Event - 95 share in Madrid Spain $1.3 billion lottery (#47996)

1991 Event - Mid East peace conference ends in Madrid Spain

1991 Event - Palestinians attend U.S. mideast peace talks in Madrid

1991 Event - Mid East peace conference begins in Madrid Spain

1988 Event - Boston Celtics play Spain in Madrid

1988 Event - Boston Celtics beat Yugoslavia 113-85 in Madrid

1986 Event - 10 killed and 60 injured at ETA-bomb attack in Madrid

1986 Event - Berlin: Real Madrid wins 15th UEFA Cup

1986 Event - ETA bomb attacks Madrid killing 5

1985 Event - Real Madrid wins 14th UEFA Cup at Madrid

1983 Event - Disco in Madrid catches fire; 83 die

1983 Event - 2 jets collided at Madrid Airport killing 93

1983 Event - Colombian jetliner Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 185

1982 Event - Miguel de la Madrid inaugurated as President of Mexico

1982 Event - Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid

1982 Event - Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado elected president of Mexico

1980 Event - Nottingham Forrest wins 25th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid

1978 Event - Colombian Avianca Airlines Boeing 747 crashes in Madrid killing 183

1977 Event - 5 lawyers murdered by fascist in Madrid

1976 Birthday - Clarence Seedorf, Surinam/Dutch soccer player, Ajax, Real Madrid

1973 Birthday - Virginia Ruano-Pascual, born in Madrid, Spain, tennis star

1971 Birthday - Chabeli Iglesias, born in Madrid, Spain, daughter of Julio Iglesias

1969 Event - A. C. Milan wins 14th Europe Cup 1 in Madrid

1966 Event - Real Madrid wins 11th Europe Cup I

1965 Birthday - Emilio Sanchez, born in Madrid, Spain, Tennis player, 1988 Olympic bronze

1965 Birthday - Tania Abitbol, born in Madrid, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1994 U.S. Women's Open-4th

1963 Birthday - Cristina Marsillach, born in Madrid, Spain, actress, Barocco

1963 Birthday - Pedro Duque, born in Madrid, Spain, engineer and astronaut, STS-78 alt, sk:95

1962 Event - Atletico Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup II

1960 Birthday - Marta Chavarri Figueroa, born in Madrid, Spain, The Marquesa de Cubas

1960 Event - Real Madrid wins 5th Europe Cup 1

1960 Birthday - Andres Gomez, Ecuador, tennis pro, Madrid Grand Prix-1990

1959 Birthday - Victoria Abril, born in Madrid, Spain, actress, Libertarias

1959 Event - Real Madrid wins 4th Europe Cup 1

1958 Birthday - Michael E Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain, Lieutenant Commander/astronaut, STS-73, sk 92

1958 Event - Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels

1957 Birthday - Marta Figueras-Dotti, born in Madrid, Spain, LPGA golfer, 1994 Hawaiian Open

1957 Event - Real Madrid wins 2nd Europe Cup 1 in Madrid

1956 Event - Real Madrid wins 1st Europe Cup

1955 Birthday - Angela Molina, born in Madrid, Spain, actress, Streets of Gold, Half of Heaven

1941 Birthday - Placido Domingo, born in Madrid, Spain, opera tenor, Pinkerton-Mme Butterfly

1939 Event - Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco

1937 Event - Franco-artillery fire on Madrid

1936 Death - Baron De Borchgrave, Belgian ambassador, murdered in Madrid

1936 Event - German air force begins bombing of Madrid

1936 Event - Battle of Madrid begins

1935 Event - 400,000 demonstrators against fascism in Madrid

1934 Event - Federico Garcia Lorca's "Yerma," premieres in Madrid

1934 Birthday - Ramon Sender, born in Madrid, Spain, composer, co-founder, San Francisco Tape Music Center, co-designed the first west coast synthesizer, the Buchla Box

1930 Event - F Garcia Lorca's "La Zapatera Prodigiosa," premieres in Madrid

1929 Event - Spanish dictator Primo de Rivera closes university of Madrid

1927 Event - Federico Garcia Lorca's "El Maleficio," premieres in Madrid

1924 Death - Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (Madrid/London), dies

1923 Event - 1st flight of autogiro by Juan de la Cierva, Madrid, Spain

1917 Event - De Falla's ballet "El Sombrero de tres Picos," premieres in Madrid

1917 Event - 1st synagogue in 425 years opens in Madrid

1915 Event - Manuel de Falla's ballet "El Amor Brujo," premieres in Madrid

1910 Event - Ritz Hotel in Madrid opens: 200 chambers/100 bathtubs

1906 Event - Attack on King Alfonso XIII and Victoria von Battenberg in Madrid

1906 Death - King Alfonso XIII, assassinated in Madrid

1906 Death - Victoria von Battenberg, assassinated in Madrid

1906 Event - Del Valle Inclans "El Marques de Bradomin," premieres in Madrid

1903 Birthday - Carlos Montoya, born in Madrid, Spain, guitarist, Suite Flamenco 1966

1895 Birthday - Mae Marsh, Madrid, New Mexico, silent film actress, Birth of a Nation

1895 Event - King Alfonso plants pine sapling in Madrid, starts Spain's Arbor Day

1887 Birthday - Antonio Moreno, born in Madrid, Spain, actor and director, It, Careers

1886 Birthday - Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author, Madrid Escenas

1862 Event - Battle of New Madrid MO-captured by Union forces

1862 Event - General Pope lays siege in front of New Madrid

1844 Event - Jose Zorilla's "Don Juan Tenorio," premieres in Madrid

1843 Birthday - Adelina Patti, born in Madrid, Spain, opera soprano, Lucio

1843 Birthday - Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat, Madrid, Constantinople, London

1840 Event - Jose Zorilla's "El Zapatero y el Rey," premieres in Madrid

1812 Event - Duke of Wellington's troops enter Madrid

1812 Event - 8.2 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri

1812 Event - 7.8 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri

1811 Event - 8.0 earthquake shakes New Madrid, Missouri

1811 Event - Earthquake hits New Madrid, Missouri

1809 Event - Holland Brigade under Brigadier General Chasse reaches Madrid

1808 Event - Uprising against French occupation begins in Madrid

1779 Death - Anton R Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter Madrid, dies at 51

1721 Event - England signs Treaty of Madrid

1721 Event - France and Spain sign Treaty of Madrid

1643 Event - Tirso de Molina's "Bellaco Sois, Gomez," premieres in Madrid

1637 Event - Zorilla's "El mas Impropio Verdugo Para Las," premieres in Madrid

1635 Event - Zorilla's "El Desafio de Carlos V," premieres in Madrid

1632 Event - Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro-palace for king Philip IV

1600 Birthday - Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream'

1584 Event - San Lorenzo del Escorial Palace in Madrid finished

1579 Event - Cardinal Granvelle returns to Madrid

1562 Birthday - Lope Felix de Vega, born in Madrid, Spain, dramatist/poet, Angelica, Arcadia

1526 Event - Charles V and Francis I sign Treaty of Madrid

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