1989 in Spain

Events in the year 1989 in Spain

Incumbents

 * Monarch: Juan Carlos I
 * Prime Minister: Felipe González

Events

 * 19 October - Vandellòs I nuclear accident: a fire breaks out in one of the nuclear plant's generators killing 31 employees and firefighters and exposing 130,000 people to radiation.
 * 29 October - General election takes place
 * The University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is established.

Births

 * 20 September – Paula Klamburg, synchronized swimmer

Deaths

 * 27 November – Carlos Arias Navarro, politician (born 1908)