2001 in Spain

Events in the year 2001 in Spain. == Incumbents == Monarch: Juan Carlos I Prime Minister: José María Aznar López == Events == === February === 5: Endesa and Iberdrola, two electrical companies announce that the merger process that began in October 2000 has stopped and will not be finalized. 11: 7 Technicians of the Compañía Lírica die in a traffic accident. 13: Javier Bardem is nominated for an Academy Award for his role in Julian Schnabel's film Before Night Falls, being the first Spanish actor to do so. 22: Terrorist group ETA execute a car bombing that kills two employees of the company Elektra in San Sebastián. === April === 7: The Partido de Acción Socialista (PASOC) agrees to abandon its federal congress within the United and Alternative Left. 23: Madrid is chosen to be a World Book Capital === May === 13: The EAJ-PNV/EA coalition (Basque Nationalist Party and Eusko Alkartasuna) attains a great victory during the Basque regional elections, forming a government for the next four years. === August === 24: Singer Joaquin Sabina suffered a minor stroke because of excessive drug use that would lead him to the brink of death. 31: After the death of twelve patients undergoing hemodialysis in Valencia, Madrid and Barcelona, The Department of Pharmacy decides granting a protective detention of a dialyzer marketed by multinational Baxter. === December === The Orquesta Ciudad de Almería, OCAL (City Orchestra of Almeria) is founded in the Province of Almería, == Sports == 2000–01 La Liga 2000–01 Segunda División 2000–01 Copa del Rey 2001 Vuelta a España == Births == January 9: Eric García, footballer January 29: Melania Rodríguez, trampolinist February 11: Bryan Gil, footballer April 4: Daniel Aviles, actor August 4: Robert Vilarasau, trampolinist == Deaths == December 23 - Vincente Gómez, guitarist and composer (born 1911) == See also == 2001 in Spanish television List of Spanish films of 2001 == References ==