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Franco dies after ruling Spain for 37 years. King Juan Carlos I succeeds him.
1977
Spaniards vote in the first free elections since the 1930s, cementing Spain's re-
turn to democracy.
1986
Spain joins the European Community (now the EU), having joined NATO in
1982.
1996
The centre-right Partido Popular (PP), led by José María Aznar, wins national
elections.
2004 (11 March)
Islamic terrorists bomb four commuter trains in Madrid killing 191 people.
2004 (14 March)
PSOE, led by José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, wins a surprise election victory.
2004-06
Zapatero introduces a raft of social reforms and withdraws Spanish troops from
Iraq.
2010
ETA announces an end to 'offensive armed actions', a statement that the govern-
ment declares as 'insufficent'.
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