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Events on Wednesday 27 December 1978 1
1978Spanish Constitution of 1978 adoptedSpain enshrines democracy after FrancoSpanish voters approved a new constitution by referendum, establishing a parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy after decades of dictatorship under Francisco Franco. King Juan Carlos I signed it into law before the Cortes Generales.