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Historical Events
Results 1 - 100 of 136
1536-02-02 - Pedro de Mendoza finds Argentine city of Buenos Aires
1573-07-06 - Córdoba, Argentina, is founded by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera.
1582-04-16 - Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma founds the settlement of Salta, Argentina.
1617-12-16 - Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
1725-10-04 - Foundation of Rosario in Argentina.
1807-06-28 - British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina
1810-05-25 - Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day)
1813-08-19 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas joins Argentina's second triumvirate.
1814-01-31 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas becomes Supreme Director of Argentina.
1816-07-09 - Argentina declares independence from Spain
1828-08-27 - Uruguay gains independence during Brazil-Argentina peace talk
1833-08-24 - HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
1833-09-19 - Charles Darwin visits Guardia del Monte, Argentina
1833-10-01 - Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina
1833-10-02 - Charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe Argentina
1833-10-05 - Charles Darwin moves with Parana to Santa Fe Bajada Argentina
1848-08-18 - Camila O'Gorman and Ladislao Gutierrez are executed on the orders of Argentine dictator Juan Manuel de Rosas.
1853-05-01 - Argentina adopts it's constitution
1853-05-23 - Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)
1856-05-07 - Argentine & Brazilian sign a navigation pact
1860-11-11 - 1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina
1861-03-20 - An earthquake completely destroys Mendoza, Argentina.
1865-07-27 - Welsh settlers arrive at Chubut in Argentina.
1866-10-22 - Paraguay: Battle of Curupaytí against Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay.
1875-10-22 - First telegraphic connection in Argentina.
1888-09-11 - Death of the Argentine politician Domingo Sarmiento, after whom the Latin American Teacher's Day is chosen.
1897-01-14 - 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
1903-03-25 - Racing Club de Avellaneda, one of the big five of Argentina, is founded.
1904-02-22 - The United Kingdom sells a meteorological station on the South Orkney Islands to Argentina, the islands are subsequently claimed by the United Kingdom in 1908.
1904-03-13 - Bronze statue of Christ on Argentine-Chilian border dedicated
1905-12-11 - 120°F (49°C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)
1907-06-01 - -27°F (-33°C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)
1912-02-20 - Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
1914-08-05 - Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico & Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I
1930-07-30 - Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo
1930-09-06 - Democratically elected Argentine president Hipólito Yrigoyen is deposed in a military coup.
1943-06-04 - Argentina taken over by Gen Rawson & Col Juan Peron
1944-02-24 - Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war
1945-10-17 - Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina
1946-02-24 - Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
1951-02-25 - 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
1955-04-21 - Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1955-05-20 - Argentine parliament accepts separation of church & state
1955-06-16 - Pope Pius XII ex-communicates Argentine Pres Juan Peron
1955-06-29 - Argentine state of siege ends
1955-07-12 - Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina
1955-09-19 - Argentine president Juan Peron, resigns & flees
1955-10-11 - All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina
1955-10-27 - Argentine peso devalued
1955-11-03 - Argentine ex-president Peron arrives in Nicaragua
1955-11-13 - Argentine gen Pedro Aramburu succeeds E Lonardi as president
1955-11-21 - Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron
1955-11-30 - Argentine government disbands Peronistic party
1958-02-23 - Arturo Frondizi elected president of Argentina
1958-05-01 - Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina
1960-05-23 - Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1960-06-08 - Argentine government demands release of Adolf Eichmann
1960-06-15 - Argentina complains to UN about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann
1961-09-22 - Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min
1962-03-29 - Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army
1963-02-12 - Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron
1963-07-31 - Arturo Illia elected president of Argentina
1963-12-12 - Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron
1966-05-25 - Peru & Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1967-06-10 - Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1967-07-15 - Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open
1968-10-08 - Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina
1969-05-21 - Civil unrest in Rosario, Argentina, aka Rosariazo, following the death of a 15-year-old student.
1969-05-29 - General strike in Cordoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
1970-02-01 - Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
1970-06-09 - Argentine milt junta under lt-gen Lanusse drives out pres Ongania
1971-07-01 - British & Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands
1972-06-25 - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
1972-10-13 - Argentine Fairchild crashes in Andesgebergte (rugby team eats crash victims to survive)
1972-11-17 - Juan Peron returns to Argentina
1973-05-25 - Argentine Peronist Hector Campora installed as president
1973-06-20 - Juan Peron returns to Argentina
1973-06-20 - Ezeiza massacre in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Snipers fire upon left-wing Peronists. At least 13 are killed and more than 300 are injured.
1973-07-13 - Hector de Campora resigns as pres of Argentina
1973-09-23 - Former Argentine President Juan Peron returns to power
1973-10-12 - Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
1974-01-02 - Worst fire in Argentine history destroys 1.2 million acres
1974-07-01 - Isabel Peron succeeds husband Juan as pres of Argentina
1975-07-06 - Argentine government falls
1976-03-24 - Argentine Pres Isabel Peron deposed by country's military
1976-03-25 - Argentine milt junta bans leftist political parties
1978-06-25 - Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1979-01-08 - Argentina & Chile sign Beagle Canal accord
1981-03-20 - Argentine ex-president Isabel Peron sentenced to 8 years
1981-08-06 - Argentina ex-president Isabel Peron freed
1981-12-11 - Argentine president/gen Roberto Viola flees
1981-12-13 - 70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1)
1981-12-22 - Argentine general Leopoldo Galtieri sworn in as president
1982-04-02 - Several thousand Argentine troops seize the Falkland (Malvina) Islands from Great Britain
1982-04-03 - UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands
1982-04-26 - Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
1982-05-02 - Falklands War: Argentine cruiser General Belgrano sunk by British submarine Conqueror, killing more than 350 men
1982-05-23 - BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1982-06-11 - Pope John Paul II visits Argentina
1982-06-14 - Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict
Famous Birthdays
Results 1 - 100 of 265
1757-06-18 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine leader (d. 1833)
1758-09-26 - Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.
1770-06-03 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentina
1773-03-16 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (d. 1836)
1778-02-25 - Jose Francisco de San Martin, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru
1805-09-02 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (d. 1851)
1810-05-29 - Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer
1811-02-15 - Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74)
1814-04-24 - Vincente F Lopez, Argentina historian (La Novia del Hereje)
1821-06-26 - Bartolomé Mitre, Argentine general
1827-01-19 - Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor (Rafagas,)
1834-11-10 - Jose Hernandez, Argentina poet (MartinFierro)
1841-03-07 - Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina, poet (El nido de condores)
1850-07-13 - Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30)
1851-01-27 - Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega)
1851-03-19 - Roque Saenz Pena, pres of Argentina (1910-14)
1852-05-31 - Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (d. 1919)
1852-07-12 - Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (d. 1933)
1859-05-06 - Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
1862-11-23 - Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo)
1866-05-24 - Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990 (124 years)
1868-10-04 - Marcelo Torcuato the Alvear, president of Argentina (1922-28)
1872-03-25 - Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument in Argentina)
1874-06-13 - Leopoldo Lugones, Argentina, writer
1875-03-04 - Enrique Larreta, [E R Maza], Argentine diplomat (Gloria de Don Ramiro)
1876-02-26 - Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38)
1878-11-01 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936)
1882-07-18 - Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay)
1882-10-18 - Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (d. 1917)
1885-07-25 - Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Caranchos de la Florida)
1887-04-10 - Bernardo A Houssay, Argentine physiologist (Nobel 1947)
1892-05-29 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine poet (La inquietud del rosal)
1893-02-02 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (d. 1970)
1895-10-08 - Juan Peron, Argentine Pres (1946-55, 1973-74)
1899-08-24 - Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths)
1900-01-30 - Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket)
1900-04-02 - Roberto Arlt, Argentine writer (d. 1942)
1900-08-04 - Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66)
1901-01-25 - Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (d. 1982)
1901-05-15 - Luis Monti, Argentine-Italian footballer (d. 1983)
1901-12-02 - Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-born footballer (d. 1986)
1903-05-21 - Pedro Aramburu, president Argentina
1905-01-17 - Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (d. 1966)
1906-12-26 - Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003)
1908-11-28 - Arturo Frondizi, president Argentina (1958-62)
1910-02-05 - Francisco Varallo, Argentine footballer
1913-08-17 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (d. 1989)
1913-11-10 - Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (4 Jills in a Jeep, Down Argentine Way)
1914-08-10 - Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (d. 1973)
1914-08-26 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
1914-09-15 - Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
1914-11-12 - Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo (Olympic-gold-1936)
1915-01-09 - Fernando Lamas, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor ("You look marvelous")
1916-01-11 - Bernard Blier, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor (Les Miserables)
1916-04-11 - Alberto E Ginastera, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Panambi)
1916-08-03 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (d. 1978)
1916-09-13 - Dick Haymes, Argentine vocalist (d. 1980)
1919-05-07 - Eva (Evita) Peron-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress
1919-09-21 - Mario Bunge, Argentine philosopher and physicist
1919-09-30 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (d. 1992)
1920-09-04 - Clemar Bucci, Argentine racing driver
1920-09-14 - Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (d. 1998)
1921-03-11 - Astor Piazzolla, Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo)
1922-02-22 - Jesús Iglesias, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
1922-05-12 - Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
1922-10-05 - José Froilán González, Argentine race car driver
1922-10-22 - Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (d. 2001)
1923-01-06 - Jacobo Timerman, Argentine writer (d. 1999)
1923-04-14 - Roberto DeVicenzo, Argentine golf player
1923-06-05 - Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (d. 1963)
1923-06-28 - Adolfo Schwelm Cruz, Argentine racing driver
1923-12-23 - Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (d. 1954)
1924-01-07 - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (d. 1966)
1924-12-03 - Roberto Mières, Argentine racing driver
1925-08-21 - Jorge Rafael Videla, ex-dictator of Argentina
1926-03-04 - Pascual Pérez (boxing), Argentine flyweight boxer (d. 1977)
1926-03-13 - RaulAlfonsín, Argentine pres (1983-89) (or 3/12/1927)
1926-07-04 - Alfredo Di Stéfano, Argentine-Spanish footballer
1926-07-15 - Leopoldo Galtieri, Argentine dictator (d. 2003)
1927-03-12 - Raul Alfonsin, president (Argentina)
1927-10-08 - César Milstein, Argentine scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
1928-07-10 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (d. 2003)
1928-10-26 - Francisco Solano López, Argentine comics artists
1930-07-02 - Carlos Saul Menem, president of Argentina (1989- )
1931-02-04 - Argentina Rioja
1931-02-04 - Isabel Peron, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina
1931-11-26 - Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Buenos Argentina, (1980 Nobel Peace Prize)
1931-12-24 - Mauricio Kagel, Argentina/German composer
1932-06-21 - Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer
1932-11-18 - Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver {d. 1973)
1932-12-28 - Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer (Blood of Requited Love)
1935-03-27 - Abelardo Castillo, Argentine writer
1935-07-09 - Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer
1936-02-14 - Fanne Foxe, [Annabella Battistella], Argentina, (Wilbur Mills affair)
1937-09-15 - Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina
1938-01-06 - Mario Rodríguez Cobos "Silo", Argentine writer and spiritual leader
1938-11-05 - César Luis Menotti, Argentine footballer
1940-10-04 - Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
1941-06-05 - Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)
1941-10-05 - Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina
Famous Deaths
Results 1 - 87 of 87
1820-06-20 - Manuel Belgrano, Argentine lawyer and politician (b. 1770)
1821-06-17 - Martín Miguel de Güemes Argentine military leader (b. 1785)
1823-01-21 - Cayetano José Rodríguez, Argentine cleric, journalist and poet (b. 1761)
1833-07-02 - Gervasio Antonio de Posadas, Argentine politician (b. 1757)
1836-11-12 - Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)
1851-01-19 - Esteban Echeverría, Argentine writer (b. 1805)
1875-11-17 - Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos & indians), dies
1882-10-20 - Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41
1886-10-21 - Jose Hernandez, Argentine poet (La vuelta the MartinFierro), dies
1888-09-11 - Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74), dies at 77
1906-01-18 - Bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84
1906-03-17 - Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
1917-12-20 - Lucien Petit-Breton, Argentine-French cyclist (b. 1882)
1918-07-25 - Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentine poet (Mexico, canto epico), dies
1919-11-22 - Francisco Moreno, Argentine explorer (b. 1852)
1920-03-08 - Rafael Obligado, Argentine writer (Santos Vega), dies at 69
1932-11-21 - Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
1933-07-03 - Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (b. 1852)
1935-06-24 - Carlos Gardel, Argentine singer (airplane crash) (b. 1890)
1942-04-23 - Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, pres of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
1943-01-10 - Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38), dies at 66
1951-12-23 - Benito Lynch, Irish/Argentine writer (Palo Verde), dies at 66
1952-06-17 - Alberto Williams, Argentine composer (Etrerno Reposo), dies at 89
1952-07-26 - Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33
1954-07-31 - Onofre Marimón, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923)
1955-08-05 - Carmen Miranda, singer/actress (Down Argentine Way), dies at 42
1956-12-20 - Ramon Carrillo, Argentine neuroscientist and Public Health minister (b. 1906)
1959-05-05 - Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentine politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1878)
1961-07-06 - Enrique Larreta, [E Rodriguez Maza], Argentine diplomat/writer, dies
1962-03-28 - Hugo Wast, Argentine writer (b. 1883)
1962-11-14 - Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80
1963-03-01 - Jorge Daponte, Argentine racing driver (b. 1923)
1966-03-09 - Pablo Birger, Argentine racing driver (b. 1924)
1966-12-27 - Guillermo Stábile, Argentine footballer (b. 1906)
1969-03-26 - Gunther Weisenborn, German/Argentine writer (Illegals), dies at 66
1970-10-01 - Raoul Riganti, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1971-09-21 - Bernardo Houssay, Argentine physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
1973-04-27 - Carlos Menditeguy, Argentine racing driver (b. 1914)
1973-10-21 - Nasif Estéfano, Argentine racing driver (b. 1932)
1974-07-01 - Juan D Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78
1974-09-27 - Silvio Frondizi, Argentine lawyer, assassinated by the Triple A(b. 1907)
1975-03-25 - Juan Gaudino, Argentine racing driver (b. 1893)
1976-08-04 - Enrique Angelelli, Argentine bishop
1977-03-11 - Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1977-03-15 - Antonino Rocca, Argentine professional wrestler
1978-08-26 - José Manuel Moreno, Argentine footballer (b. 1916)
1978-11-28 - Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentine football executive (b. 1902)
1982-11-15 - Martin De Alzaga, Argentine racing driver (b. 1901)
1983-06-25 - Alberto Evaristo Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi), dies at 67
1984-02-12 - Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69
1987-01-17 - Hugo Fregonese, Argentine film director (b. 1908)
1988-03-05 - Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
1989-05-07 - Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
1989-12-16 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (b. 1913)
1990-07-21 - Manuel Puig, Argentina writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57
1990-07-28 - Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124
1990-11-24 - Juan Manuel Bordeu, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
1991-08-14 - Alberto Crespo, Argentine racing driver (b. 1920)
1992-01-10 - Roberto Bonomi, Argentine racing driver (b. 1919)
1992-05-23 - Atahualpa Yupanqui, Argentine singer/composer/poet/guitarist, dies
1992-07-04 - Astor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (Tango Nuevo), dies at 71
1992-07-06 - Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies
1993-04-12 - Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
1994-08-27 - Roberto Goyeneche, [El Polaco], Argentine tango singer (Maria), dies
1994-09-30 - Roberto Viola, Argentine general/president (1981), dies at 69
1995-03-15 - Carlos Menem Jr, son of Argentine pres, dies at 26
1995-04-18 - Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (1958-62), dies
1995-06-08 - Juan Carlos Ongania, pres of Argentina (1966-70), dies
1996-08-27 - Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies
1998-04-16 - Alberto Calderón, Argentine mathematician (b. 1920)
1998-12-12 - Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (b. 1922)
1999-03-08 - Adolfo Bioy Casares, Argentinean writer (b.1914)
1999-11-11 - Jacobo Timmerman, Argentine writer and journalist (b. 1923)
2000-10-28 - Carlos Guastavino, Argentine composer (b. 1912)
2001-01-19 - Dario Vittori, Argentinean actor (b. 1921)
2001-11-14 - Juan Carlos Lorenzo, Argentine footballer (b. 1922)
2002-03-24 - César Milstein, Argentine scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1927)
2003-01-12 - Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926)
2003-05-21 - Alejandro de Tomaso, Argentine-Italian racing driver and car manufacturer (b. 1928)
2003-08-22 - Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906)
2005-02-17 - Omar Sivori, Argentine footballer (b. 1935)
2005-05-08 - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (b. 1981)
2005-06-18 - Manuel Sadosky, Argentine mathematician (b. 1914)
2005-07-11 - Jesús Iglesias, Argentine professional racing driver (b. 1922)
2006-06-29 - Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959)
2007-07-19 - Roberto Fontanarrosa, Argentine cartoonist (b. 1944)
2008-03-12 - Jorge Guinzburg, Argentine journalist, producer, humorist, and TV, theater and radio host (b. 1949)
