2013 Event San Francisco's Bay Bridge closes it's eastern span forever as a new, replacement plan is scheduled for installation 2013 Event In Sri Lanka, a researcher discovered Poecilotheria rajaei, a new species of tarantula slightly smaller than a dinner plate, with a leg span of eight inches 1997 Event Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil 1994 Death Jesus "Enrique" Lister, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87 1994 Death Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48 1992 Death Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic and Span), dies at 98 1981 Event Humbar Estuary Bridge, U.K., world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens 1975 Death Francisco Franco, y Bahamonde, Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82 1936 Death Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Span philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at 72 1936 Event Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined 1873 Death Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Span poet/comic playwright, dies at 76 1675 Death Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Netherlands (1664-68) 1620 Death Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59 1607 Birthday Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Span playwright, Del Rey Abajo Ninguno 1515 Death Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, el Gran Capitan, Span gen, dies at 62 1204 Death Maimonides, Moses Ben Maimon, Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 1099 Death El Cid, Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, Span general strategist, dies at 59
