June 8
Saints Days: Guillermo, Maximo, Vitorino and Salustiano
1288 - Alfaro, Sancho IV "Bravo" kills Lope de Haro, Lord of Vizcaya.
1492 - The Catholic Kings published a document which gave permission to Alonso Fernández de Lugo permission to conquer the Canary Island of La Palma
Salustino Sánchez - Salustiano Sanchez Blazquez was a Spanish man who became the world's oldest living man, from the death of 116-year-old Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura on 12 June 2013 until his own death on 13 September 2013.
1663 - Portuguese Restoration War: Portuguese victory at the Battle of Ameixial ensures Portugal's independence from Spain
1969 - General Franco closes Spain's frontier with Gibraltar
1973 - Admiral Luis Carrero Blanco appointed premier of Spain
2013 - Celebrity chef Curtis Stone (36) weds actress Lindsay Price (36) at a private villa in Mallorca
2023 - The Sevilla government has ruled that Airbnb and other short-term rental apartments and villas will have to install noise meters that measure decibel levels in rented properties so these contraptions will have to be installed so that they will alert the owners if their tenants are being too loud. If the meter registers noise above the acceptable levels and the landlords or custodians fail to act, they will face hefty fines
2025 - Tens of thousands of people have gathered in central Madrid to protest against the government of Spain’s socialist prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and to demand an early general election, as his party, his administration and his family continue to be beset by a succession of corruption allegations.
Sunday’s protest, called by the opposition conservative People’s party (PP) under the slogan “mafia or democracy”, attracted between 45,000 and 50,000 people, according to the central government’s delegation to the region. Organisers put the attendance at 100,000.
Births
1236 - Violant or Violante of Aragon, also known as Yolanda of Aragon, was Queen consort of Castile and León from 1252 to 1284 as the wife of King Alfonso X of Castile. (d. 1301)
1805 - Salustiano de Olózaga y Almandoz, Lawyer and former Presdient of the Council of Ministers (d.1873)
1861 - Juan Vázquez de Mella, traditionalist politician born in Cangas de Onís. (d. 1928)
1873 - Azorín (José Martínez Ruiz), writer (d. 1967).
1895 - Santiago Bernabéu Yeste, footballer and manager (d. 1978)
1907 - María Mariño Carou was a Galician writer. (d. 1967)
1911 - Antonio Rosón, politician (d. 1986).
1927 - Guillermo Luca de Tena, journalist and newspaper owner (d. 2010).
1944 - María Ostiz, singer.
1948 - Hilario Camacho, musician (d. 2006).
1950 - Pedro Miguel Echenique, physicist.
1951 - Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyaubé, politician and diplomat.
1955 - José Antonio Camacho, football player and trainer.
1973 - Emma García, television presenter.
1980 - Sergio Mantecón, footballer.
Deaths
1977 - Francisco Elías Rueda, film producer.
1997 - Luis Bru, physicist and academic (b. 1909).
2007 - José Martín Recuerda, dramatist (b. 1926).
