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June 5

Saints Days: Doroteo, Bonifacio, Marcelino, Fausto and Florencio

1486 - The Christian army entered in the Muslim town of Íllora in Granada, following the arrival of Fernando The Catholic

Federico García Lorca - Archive photo

1862 - The Treaty of Saigon saw an end to military action by France and Spain in Indochina
1968 - Javier Cortes Alvarez de Miranda discovers in Pedrosa de la Vega (Palencia) Roman Villa La Olmeda, considered one of the most important archaeological sites of the Hispanic Roman world.
1982 - Spain joined NATO
2007 - ETA renounced their cease fire
2015 - Despite the alleged end of the crisis, the number of evictions in the first quarter this year was 18,869
2018 - ‘Rajoy resigns from the PP: Sánchez formed a Government of experts’
The former prime minister has left it to the party to name a successor, Nadia Calviño leaves the European Commission for the economy portfolio and María Jesús Montero, will occupy the Treasury



Births
1773 - Louis of Etruria, Spanish infant and first King of Etruria.
1813 - Antonio García Gutiérrez, writer
1846 - Zoel García de Galdeano, mathematician (d. 1924).
1871 - Miguel Asín Palacios, writer.
1879 - José Millán Astray, soldier, founder of the Spanish Legion.
1885 - Blas Infante, politician and writer.
1886 - Evaristo Bozas Urrutia, journalist and writer.
1898 - Federico García Lorca poet, playwright and director (Blood Wedding) born in Fuente Vaqueros, Granada  poet, playwright, and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27, a group consisting mostly of poets who introduced the tenets of European movements (such as symbolism, futurism, and surrealism) into Spanish literature (d. 1936)
1911 - Luis Díez del Corral, political scientist (d. 1998).
1914 - Herrerita, footballer (d. 1991).
1920 - Rafael Alonso, actor.
1931 - José Antonio Fernández Romero, translator.
1964 - Uxue Barkos, journalist and deputy.
1969 - Chusa Barbero, actress.
1979 - David Bisbal pop singer, born in Almería
1988 - Lucia Perez, singer. Eurovision 2011 representative based in Dusseldorf
2005 - Irene Urdangarín y de Borbón, Spanish daughter of Infanta Cristina, Duchess of Palma de Mallorca and granddaughter of Juan Carlos I
2010 - 'Bond girl' actress Gemma Arterton (24) weds Stefano Catelli (37) at a secret ceremony at the hill top village of Zuheros (Córdoba)

Deaths
1468 - Alfonso de Castilla, infante.
1522 - Antonio de Nebrija, humanist (b. 1441).
1795 - Antonio de Ulloa, naturalist, soldier and writer (b. 1716).
1817 - Luis Lacy y Gautier, solider (b. 1772).
1882 - Antonio Aguilar y Vela, astronomer.
1968 - Enrique Plá y Deniel, Cardinal.
1985 - Paulino Uzcudun, boxer (b. 1899).
1989 - Ernesto Halffter, composer.
1998 - Maria Mercè Marçal, poet, lecturer, storyteller and Catalan translator.
2001 - Pedro Laín Entralgo, medical researcher (b. 1908)