November 21
Saint’s Day for Honorio, Rufo, Esteban and Celso.
1564 - The Basque conquistador, Miguel López de Legazpi, sets sail from Mexico for the Philippines. He became the first Spanish governor general of the Philippines and founded Manila.
2000 - Terrorist gang ETA assassinated former socialist minister Ernest Lluch
2023 - Doctors in Andalucía will prescribe sport instead of medication in some cases where patients must change their lifestyle habits and "improve their quality of life".
It comes after the governing council of the Andalusian Physical Exercise Prescription Plan approved the initiative: Andalucía in Shape - which will run until 2030, with regional authorities responsible for implementing it across Andalucía.
Minister for sport Arturo Bernal said: "for the first time in Andalucía, primary care doctors are going to prescribe physical exercise, and they will do so for the prevention of and recovery from illnesses and different pathologies; to improve the quality of life of our fellow citizens". The sport prescriptions will also aim to promote healthy ageing, reduce sedentary lifestyles and obesity, he added.
Julio Anguita - www.elcomunista.net
Births
1651 - Tomás Vicente Tosca, mathematician, cartographer and theologian (d. 1723)
1848 - José Tartiere, businessman (d. 1927)
1852 - Francisco Tárrega, guitarist and composer born in Villarreal (d. 1909)
1885 - Pedro Gual Villalbí, economist and politician (d. 1968)
1901 - Francisco Cantera Burgos, humanist, herbalist and historian (d. 1978)
1921 - Pepe Luis Vázquez, bullfighter.
1922 - María Casares (Pérez), Spanish-French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice) born in A Coruña (d. 1996)
1941 - Julio Anguita, Mayor of Córdoba 1979-1986, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1988-1998, and General Coordinator of the Izquierda Unida left-wing coalition, 1989-2000, was born on this day in Fuengirola, Málaga province.
1946 - Emma Cohen, actress.
1954 - Carmen Avendaño, Galician activist against drug trafficking.
1956 - José Ramón de la Morena, journalist.
1973 - The actress and model, Inés Sastre, was born in Valladolid.
1978 - Lucía Jiménez, actress and singer
1984 - Álvaro Bautista, motorcycle racer (125cc World Champion 2006) born in Talavera de la Reina
1985 - Jesús Navas, footballer utility (45 caps 2021; Sevilla, Manchester City), born in Los Palacios
1651 - Tomás Vicente Tosca, mathematician, cartographer and theologian (d. 1723)
1848 - José Tartiere, businessman (d. 1927)
1852 - Francisco Tárrega, guitarist and composer born in Villarreal (d. 1909)
1885 - Pedro Gual Villalbí, economist and politician (d. 1968)
1901 - Francisco Cantera Burgos, humanist, herbalist and historian (d. 1978)
1921 - Pepe Luis Vázquez, bullfighter.
1922 - María Casares (Pérez), Spanish-French actress (Orpheus, Lectrice) born in A Coruña (d. 1996)
1941 - Julio Anguita, Mayor of Córdoba 1979-1986, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Spain (PCE) 1988-1998, and General Coordinator of the Izquierda Unida left-wing coalition, 1989-2000, was born on this day in Fuengirola, Málaga province.
1946 - Emma Cohen, actress.
1954 - Carmen Avendaño, Galician activist against drug trafficking.
1956 - José Ramón de la Morena, journalist.
1973 - The actress and model, Inés Sastre, was born in Valladolid.
1978 - Lucía Jiménez, actress and singer
1984 - Álvaro Bautista, motorcycle racer (125cc World Champion 2006) born in Talavera de la Reina
1985 - Jesús Navas, footballer utility (45 caps 2021; Sevilla, Manchester City), born in Los Palacios
1994 - Saúl Ñíguez - footballer
Deaths
1150 - García Ramírez of Navarre (b. 1112)
1874 - Marià Fortuny, painter (b. 1838)
1911 - Escolástico Rubio Gómez, politician (b. 1846)
1946 - Eduardo Marquina, writer (b. 1879)
1975 - Luis Felipe Vivanco, poet (b. 1907)
2000 - Ernest Lluch, the former Socialist Minister, is murdered by ETA in the car park of his building in Barcelona.(b. 1937)
2006 - José María Jover, historian (b. 1920)
2007 - Fernando Fernán Gómez,actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1921)