2008 In Spain
The following lists events that happened during 2008 in the Kingdom of Spain. Incumbents * Monarch: Juan Carlos I * Prime Minister: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero Events March *March 9 - José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is reelected as Prime Minister after defeating Mariano Rajoy. April *April 5 - Greenpeace announces that in November 2007 a radioactive leak was reported at the Ascó Nuclear Power Plant, but it was kept hidden from the press. August *August 20 - Spanair flight 5022 crashed just after takeoff from runway 36L of Barajas Airport, killing 154 of the 166 people on board. December * December 31 - A truck-bomb explodes near the EITB headquarters in Bilbao. Births Deaths *May 3: Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, Prime Minister (1981–82) See also * 2008 in Spanish television * List of Spanish films of 2008 References {{DEFAULTSORT:2008 In Spain Spain Years of the 21st century in Spain 2000s in Spain Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg ...
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2008
File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; the 2008 Sichuan earthquake kills over 87,000; a destroyed Georgian T-72 tank during the Russo-Georgian War; the Trident Hotel in Mumbai was the site of the November 2008 Mumbai attacks;a line of detritus in a backyard made during the December, 2008 resulting from the Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill ; Poster in Pristina celebrating the 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, Independence of Kosovo from Serbia., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Subprime mortgage crisis rect 200 0 400 200 Cyclone Nargis rect 400 0 600 200 2008 Summer Olympics rect 0 200 300 400 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence rect 300 200 600 400 2008 Sichuan earthquake rect 0 400 200 600 Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill rect 200 400 ...
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Barajas Airport
Barajas may refer to: *Barajas (Madrid), the district of Madrid in which the airport lies **Barajas (Madrid Metro), station along Line 8 of the Madrid Metro **Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, principal airport of Madrid, Spain *Barajas (archaeological site), in Pénjamo, Guanajuato, Mexico *Rod Barajas (born 1975), American baseball player See also *Castillo San Felipe de Barajas Castillo (Spanish for "castle") may refer to: People * Castillo (surname) Places Geography Dominican Republic * Castillo, Dominican Republic, a town in Duarte Province, Dominican Republic Nicaragua * El Castillo (municipality), a municipali ...

Years Of The 21st Century In Spain
A year or annus is the orbital period of a planetary body, for example, the Earth, moving in its orbit around the Sun. Due to the Earth's axial tilt, the course of a year sees the passing of the seasons, marked by change in weather, the hours of daylight, and, consequently, vegetation and soil fertility. In temperate and subpolar regions around the planet, four seasons are generally recognized: spring, summer, autumn and winter. In tropical and subtropical regions, several geographical sectors do not present defined seasons; but in the seasonal tropics, the annual wet and dry seasons are recognized and tracked. A calendar year is an approximation of the number of days of the Earth's orbital period, as counted in a given calendar. The Gregorian calendar, or modern calendar, presents its calendar year to be either a common year of 365 days or a leap year of 366 days, as do the Julian calendars. For the Gregorian calendar, the average length of the calendar year (the mean yea ...
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