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Cádiz, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in Western Europe, was founded by the Phoenicians as a trading post. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In the 18th century, the Port in the Bay of Cádiz consolidated as the main harbour of mainland Spain, enjoying the virtual monopoly of trade with the Americas until 1778.
Founded in 1910, the club competes in Segunda División, holding home games at Nuevo Mirandilla, with a seating capacity of 20,724. [ 2 ] Salvadoran legend Mágico González played for the club during the 1980s and the early 1990s, and is widely recognized as the best player to ever play for the team.
19 March: Spanish Constitution of 1812 adopted after deliberations of the Cortes of Cádiz. [3] August: Siege of Cádiz ends. [3] 1823 May: Ferdinand VII of Spain imprisoned at Cádiz. 31 August: Battle of Trocadero. [3] 1829 – "Cádiz declared a free port." [2] 1838 – Cádiz Cathedral construction completed. [3] 1842 – Population: 53,922 ...
1968 – Baggeridge Colliery closes marking the end of over 300 years of coal mining in the Black Country. [ 20 ] 1969 – In Toulouse , France, the first test flight of the Anglo-French Concorde is conducted.
2.1 Full date unknown. 3 Deaths. 4 See also. 5 References. Toggle the table of contents. 1968 in Spain. ... 22 March – Javier Castillejo, boxer; Full date unknown
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Nation-building is a long evolutionary process, and in most cases the date of a country's "formation" cannot be objectively determined; e.g., the fact that England and France were sovereign kingdoms on equal footing in the medieval period does not prejudice the fact that England is not now a sovereign state (having passed sovereignty to Great ...
The Soviet Union launched the uncrewed Zond 4 mission as a test of its Soyuz 7K-L1 space capsule and the feasibility of a crewed space mission to the Moon. By design, the launch was made "not to fly towards the Moon, but directly opposite" and to travel to a distance of 330,000 kilometres (210,000 mi) from Earth, a bit less than the closest perigee of the Moon of 356,400 kilometres (221,500 mi).