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1997 Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil

1994 Jesus "Enrique" Lister, Span/Russian general (Civil War), dies at 87

1994 Luis Ocana, Span cyclist (Tour de France 1973), commits suicide at 48

1992 Elizabeth McDonald, inventor (Spic and Span), dies at 98

1981 Humbar Estuary Bridge, U.K., world's longest span, 1.4 km, opens

1975 Francisco Franco, [y Bahamonde], Span dictator (1936-75), dies at 82

1936 Miguel de Unamuno Jugo, Span philosopher/poet (Cancionero), dies at 72

1936 Main span of Golden Gate Bridge joined

1873 Manuel Breton de los Herreros, Span poet/comic playwright, dies at 76

1702 Battle in Bay of Vigo: Neth/Engl fleet destroy Span/French fleet

1675 Francisco de Moura y Cortereal, Span land guardian of Netherlands (1664-68)

1620 Diego Alvarez de Paz, Span missionary/writer (Peru), dies at about 59

1607 Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla, Span playwright, Del Rey Abajo Ninguno

1515 Gonzalo Fernandez de Cordoba, [el Gran Capitan], Span gen, dies at 62

1204 Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69

1099 El Cid, [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Span general strategist, dies at 59



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