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This Day In History
Dec 31, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by altschmerz
50 years ago: Franco commutes Basque death sentences after mass strike Long-time Spanish dictator Francisco Franco moved to head off a mass workers’ rebellion throughout Spain, issuing a decree December 30, 1970 commuting the ...
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This Day In History
Dec 3, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by altschmerz
50 years ago: Military trial of Basque separatists begins in Spain On December 3, 1970 the mass trial of 16 members of the Basque separatist organization Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (Basque Homeland and Liberty, or ETA) began in ...
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General & Hellos
Mar 13, 2020Mar 2020

Posted by Petter
So now it's my turn This has just appeated on the web site of the Spanish newspaper "El Pais". The Spanish government announced on Friday that it was implementing a state of alarm for 15 days in a bid to control the spread of the coronavirus...
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Academic (e.g., Science)
Feb 3, 2019Feb 2019

Posted by Jnei
A new species of spider is discovered in Spain and named Loureedia colleni. Why was it named that? Because it's velvety and lives underground!
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