Events of 2013 in Spain
Incumbents
Regional presidents
Events
12 May--Nico Rosberg - a German/Finish driver for Mercedes-Benz in Formula One won the forty-third running of the Spanish Gran Prix-held at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Spanish driver Fernando Alonso finished fifth.
- 30 January â The Spanish newspaper El PaÃÂs publishes accounting information - which will be known as Bárcenas affair - revealing the alleged payment of bonuses to the Spanish People's Party leaders from undeclared contributions from businesses.
- 8 July â Nine people have died and 21 were injured after a bus careered off the road near the central town of Avila.
- 24 July â The Santiago de Compostela derailment kills seventy seven.
- September â Miss Universe Spain 2013
- 28 October â A gas leak at a coal mine has killed six people and left five injured.
Births in 2013
Deaths in 2013
- January 8 â Manuel Mota, 46, Spanish fashion designer, suicide.
- January 6
- Jon Ander López, 36, Spanish footballer, heart attack.
- Enrique Meneses, 83, Spanish photographer.
- March 28 â Manuel GarcÃÂa Ferré, 83, cartoonist, complications of heart surgery.
- April 2 â Jesús Franco, 82, filmmaker.
- October 11 â MarÃÂa de Villota, 33, racing driver.
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