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. 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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
