| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
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| 1977, Jan. 4 |
| | | Press censorship was abolished. | 1 |
| | | March 12 |
| | | The poet Vicent Aleixandre was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. | 2 |
| | | April |
| | | The Communist Party was legalized after its leaders promised Premier Suarez that the party's interest was in peaceful changes. | 3 |
| | | June 15 |
| | | In the first free national elections since 1936, Suarez's Democratic Center Union won a majority of the seats in the Cortes. | 4 |
| | | Aug. 4 |
| | | A sweeping political amnesty was granted. Jailed Communist Party members were freed on Aug. 30. | 5 |
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| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth
edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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