July 2
Saints Days: Vidal Otón, Urbano, Maruniano, Félix and Justo
1489 - The Muslim city of Motril (Granada) surrenders to the Catholic Kings
Camaron de la isla & Paco de lucia - Bulerias
1494 - The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain.
1886 - premiere at the Teatro de Madrid Felipe zarzuela by Federico Chueca and Joaquín Valverde, La Gran Vía.
1982 - Madrid, by decree of the French National Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge of Spain is created.
1982 - Madrid, by decree of the French National Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge of Spain is created.
1994 - Wimbledon Women's Tennis : Conchita Mártínez upsets Martina Navratilova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3 for her only Grand Slam title
By Robbie Mendelson - originally posted to Flickr as Conchita Martinez, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11485121
2002 - On the border between Germany and Switzerland collide in midair a Tupolev 154 and a Boeing 757 cargo; 71 people were killed, including 52 Russian children who were on vacation in Barcelona.
2007 - Seven Spanish tourists die in a terrorist attack in Yemen
Births
1767 - Stephen Allen, politician (d. 1852).
1908 - Luis Fernández Martín, Jesuit priest and historian.
1957 - Paco Maestre, Tv and film actor (d. 2011).
1960 - Julián Hernández writer and musician, from the group Siniestro Total.
1977 - Enrique Fernando Ortiz Moruno, footballer.
1982 - Diego Castro, footballer.
1987 - Esteban Granero, footballer
1988 - Porta, rapper
Deaths
1961 - Francisco Asorey, sculptor.
1961 - Ernest Hemingway, escritor estadounidense.
1981 - Mercedes Prendes, actress
1992 - Camarón de la Isla, Flamenco singer and guitarist (b. 1950)
1998 - Juan José Nogués, footballer (b. 1908).
2008 - Simone Ortega, writer of cookery books (b. 1919).
2010 - Félix Pons, politician (b. 1942).
2010 - Víctor de la Fuente, cartoonist (b. 1927).
2014 - Manuel Cardona, physicist and academic (b. 1934)
