1973 in Spain

Events in the year 1973 in Spain. == Incumbents == Caudillo: Francisco Franco Prime Minister: Luis Carrero Blanco (9 June–20 December); Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (20–31 December); Carlos Arias Navarro (from 31 December) == Events == 8 April – Artist Pablo Picasso dies in Mougins, France. 10 May – The Polisario Front leads the Sahrawi insurgency in an effort to end colonial rule in the Spanish Sahara. 9 June – The office of Prime Minister is created and the Eighth government of Francisco Franco ends. Luis Carrero Blanco is appointed as Prime Minister by Franco. 12 June The Government of Luis Carrero Blanco is established. The Ministry of Development Planning is established to oversee ongoing economic and social development plans which became known as the Spanish miracle. 13 August – Aviaco Flight 118 crashes while attempting to land at Alvedro Airport. 20 December – Prime Minister Luis Carrero Blanco is assassinated in Madrid by in a bombing organized by ETA. Torcuato Fernández-Miranda acts as interim Prime Minister. 30 December – The sentences of the "Carabanchel Ten" are announced following the Proceso 1001 trial. 31 December – Carlos Arias Navarro is appointed as Prime Minister. == Births == == Deaths == 7 January – Pedro Berruezo, footballer (born 1945) 10 January – Claudio de la Torre, author (born 1895) 16 April – Nino Bravo, musician (born 1944) 11 May – Juan Eduardo Cirlot, poet and polymath (born 1916) 20 December – Luis Carrero Blanco, Admiral-General and Prime Minister (born 1904) 22 December – Julio Gómez, composer (born 1886) == See also == List of Spanish films of 1973 List of number-one singles of 1973 (Spain) 1973 in Spanish television == References ==