Argentina - Notable Historical Events
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Argentina - Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
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 |
The Primera Junta (local government) is established in Argentina |
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 talks |
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 |
1853-05-01 |
Argentina adopts its constitution |
1853-05-23 |
Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859) |
1856-05-07 |
Argentina & Brazil sign a navigation pact |
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. |
1897-01-14 |
6,960 m (22,834 ft) 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. |
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 |
1914-04-25 |
US President W Wilson is persuaded by the ABC powers - Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - to accept mediation in the conflict with Mexico |
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 |
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 |
Loyalty Day in Argentina, mass demonstrations held to release Juan Perón |
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 |
1955-07-12 |
Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina |
1955-10-11 |
All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina |
1955-11-21 |
Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron |
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 |
1960-06-15 |
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 |
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 |
Dutch aircraft carrier Karel Doorman (formerly Britsh HMS Venerable) 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 |
1971-07-01 |
Britain & Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands |
1972-06-25 |
Juan Peron elected president of Argentina |
1972-11-17 |
Juan Peron returns to Argentina |
1973-05-25 |
Peronist Hector Campora installed as president of Argentina |
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 |
1973-10-12 |
Juan Peron elected president of Argentina |
1974-07-01 |
Isabel Peron succeeds husband Juan as pres of Argentina |
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 |
1981-12-13 |
70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1) |
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 |
1982-05-23 |
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 |
1982-06-15 |
Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat |
1982-06-16 |
Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners |
1982-06-17 |
President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat |
1982-07-01 |
General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina |
1983-09-23 |
Argentina milt regime gives amnesty to military/political assassins |
1983-10-30 |
The first democratic elections are held in Argentina after seven years of military rule. |
1983-12-10 |
Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president |
1986-06-19 |
Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup |
1986-06-29 |
Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany) |
1986-08-07 |
Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina |
1987-06-13 |
Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel & Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina |
1989-04-28 |
Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money |
1989-07-08 |
Carlos Saul Menum becomes president of Argentina |
1990-07-08 |
Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup in Rome |
1991-04-26 |
Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession & distribution of illegal narcotics |
1994-06-25 |
1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina |
1994-07-03 |
Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup |
1994-08-20 |
Archbishop Quarracino wants all homosexuals to leave Argentina |
2001-12-20 |
Argentine economic crisis: President of Argentina Fernando de la Rúa is forced out of office. |
2002-01-02 |
Eduardo Duhalde is appointed interim President of Argentina by the Legislative Assembly. |
2002-11-14 |
Argentina defaults on an $805 million World Bank payment. |
2003-05-25 |
Néstor Kirchner becomes President of Argentina after defeating Carlos Menem. He is the first elected President since the economic crisis. |
2004-12-30 |
A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194. |
2005-12-15 |
Argentina's president Néstor Kirchner announces the early repayment of its external debt to the IMF. |
2006-12-03 |
95th Davis Cup: Russia beats Argentina in Moscow (3-2) |
2007-10-29 |
Argentina elects its first female president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. |
2007-11-23 |
MS Explorer, a cruise liner carrying 154 people, sank in the Antarctic Ocean south of Argentina after hitting an iceberg near the South Shetland Islands. |
2008-11-23 |
97th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Mar del Plata (3-1) |
2009-04-15 |
Even though official government sources state that Argentina's GDP will actually grow this year, private consulting firms state that Argentine economy has actually been in recession since October 2008 |
2011-12-04 |
100th Davis Cup: Spain beats Argentina in Seville (3-1) |
2012-02-22 |
Train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 50 and injures hundreds |
2012-04-05 |
Severe storms in Argentina kill 14 people |
2013-04-03 |
50 people are killed by flooding across Argentina |
2014-02-08 |
17 people are killed after a truck & bus collide in Mendoza, Argentina |
2014-07-13 |
Germany defeats Argentina 1-0 in extra time to win the 2014 FIFA World Cup Final |
2015-12-14 |
Bus plunges from bridge in Argentina; 41 dead |
2015-12-14 |
Bus plunges from bridge in Argentina; 43 dead |
2016-06-27 |
Chile repeats as Copa America champs; Lionel Messi says he's quitting Argentina |
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Argentina - Notable Birthdays
Argentina - Birthdays
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1770-06-03 |
Manuel Belgrano, Argentina |
1778-02-25 |
Jose de San Martin, Yapeyú Corrientes, Argentine General, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru from Spanish rule |
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) |
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) |
1851-01-27 |
Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer (Santos Vega) |
1851-03-19 |
Roque Saenz Pena, pres of Argentina (1910-14) |
1852-07-12 |
Hipólito Yrigoyen, Buenos Aires, President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30) (d. 1933) |
1859-05-06 |
Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist |
1859-05-19 |
Eugene Py, La bandera argentina |
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 |
1876-02-26 |
Agustin P Justo y Rolon, pres Argentina (1931-38) |
1882-07-18 |
Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet/historian (Paraguay) |
1899-08-24 |
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentina, writer of fiction, essays (Labyrinths) |
1900-01-30 |
Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress (Man in Grey, Becket) |
1900-08-04 |
Arturo Umberto Illia, pres of Argentina (1963-66) |
1903-05-21 |
Pedro Aramburu, president Argentina |
1906-12-26 |
Imperio Argentina, Argentine actress and singer (d. 2003) |
1907-08-31 |
Argentina Brunetti, General Hospital |
1908-11-28 |
Arturo Frondizi, president Argentina (1958-62) |
1910-02-22 |
Gene Hamilton, Argentina |
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) |
1919-05-07 |
Eva Peron-Duarte [Evita], Argentina, 1st lady/actress, (d. 1952) |
1921-03-11 |
Astor Piazzolla, Argentina composer (Tango Nuevo) |
1926-09-07 |
Donald Irwin, Rosario, Argentina, American politician, (d. 2013) |
1927-03-12 |
Raul Alfonsin, president (Argentina) |
1928-01-13 |
Nelly Fernández Tiscornia, Made in Argentina |
1929-11-30 |
Humberto Ríos, Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberación |
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 |
1932-07-13 |
Antonio Roma, Buenos Aires, Argentina, football goalkeeper (42 caps), (d. 2013) |
1932-12-28 |
Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer (Blood of Requited Love) |
1935-07-09 |
Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer |
1936-02-14 |
Fanne Foxe, [Annabella Battistella], Argentina, (Wilbur Mills affair) |
1936-03-06 |
Florentino Fernández, Imagining Argentina |
1936-12-17 |
Pope Francis [Jorge Mario Bergoglio], Buenos Aires, Argentina, Catholic Pope (2013-). He is the 1st Jesuit pope, the 1st from the Americas and the 1st non-European pope since the Syrian Gregory III in 741. |
1937-04-22 |
Manolo Juárez, Nazi Gold in Argentina |
1937-09-15 |
Fernando de la Rúa, 51st President of Argentina |
1941-06-05 |
Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949) |
1941-10-05 |
Eduardo Duhalde, President of Argentina |
1943-07-15 |
Diligenti quintuplets, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1943-10-25 |
Marta Bianchi, Made in Argentina |
1950-01-23 |
Luis Alberto Spinetta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, rock musician (Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible), (d. 2012) |
1950-02-25 |
Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina |
1952-08-17 |
Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ (US Open-1977) |
1952-10-02 |
George Meegen, England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska |
1958-08-16 |
Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star |
1959-05-29 |
Felipe Pigna, La Argentina dividida |
1959-07-02 |
Eduardo Bengoechea, Argentina, tennis star |
1961-01-02 |
Jose Cuciuffo, Final: Argentina vs West Germany |
1961-10-02 |
Pablo Arraya, Argentina, tennis star |
1962-02-27 |
Veronica Ribot-Canales, Buenos Aires Argentina, US diver (Olympics-96) |
1964-01-12 |
Laura Gildemeister, Argentina, tennis star |
1964-10-09 |
Martin Jaite, Argentina, tennis star |
1966-06-27 |
Mercedes Paz, Tucum Argentina, tennis star (1990 Strasbourg) |
1966-08-01 |
Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star |
1966-12-25 |
Javier Frana, Rafaela Argentina, tennis star |
1967-10-07 |
Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star |
1968-08-06 |
Patricia Tarabini, La Plata Argentina, tennis star (1985 Futures ITA) |
1969-05-20 |
Alberto Mancini, Argentina, tennis star |
1969-10-20 |
Guillermo Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star |
1970-01-11 |
Franco Davin, Argentina, tennis star |
1970-05-16 |
Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player (Olympic-silver-1988) |
1971-04-12 |
Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star |
1971-06-12 |
Florencia Labat, Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star (1992 Austrian) |
1972-03-05 |
Hernan Gumy, Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star |
1973-9-11 |
Leonardo Salimbeni, Nazi Gold in Argentina |
1974-02-17 |
Valeria Mazza, Rosario Argentina, model (Cosmo-July 1995) |
1974-08-14 |
Rafael García Torres, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1974-10-30 |
Mariano Avellaneda, Imagining Argentina |
1975-01-03 |
Santiago Asef, Bicentenario, un viaje a caballo por Argentina |
1975-04-19 |
Nazarena Almada, Miss Argentina Universe (1997) |
1976-01-08 |
Alexandre Pires, Final: Germany vs. Argentina |
1976-02-27 |
Cecilia Pérez-Pradal, Argentina, la casa desaparecida |
1976-05-05 |
Juan Pablo Sorin, Quarter-Finals: Germany vs Argentina |
1976-05-23 |
Zinha, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1977-02-20 |
Veronica Ledesma, Miss Universe-Argentina (1996) |
1977-06-08 |
Laura Larrosa, Eva from Argentina |
1978-06-24 |
Juan Román Riquelme, Quarter-Finals: Germany vs Argentina |
1979-05-15 |
Adolfo Bautista, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1979-06-01 |
Mario Méndez, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1979-10-02 |
José Francisco Fonseca, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1979-11-05 |
Sergio Koller Vilaseca, Aborigenes en la Argentina |
1980-03-04 |
Omar Bravo, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1981-04-02 |
Lourdes Cecilia Fernández, Popstars: Argentina |
1981-06-15 |
Virginia Da Cunha, Popstars: Argentina |
1981-11-21 |
Jonny Magallon, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1981-12-11 |
Javier Saviola, Quarter-Finals: Germany vs Argentina |
1982-01-31 |
María Elizabeth Vera, Popstars: Argentina |
1982-02-05 |
Rodrigo Palacio, Final: Germany vs. Argentina |
1982-10-19 |
Gonzalo Pineda, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1984-01-31 |
Lucas Godoy, Welcome to Argentina |
1984-07-07 |
Mateo Sánchez Luna, Andares Africanos en Argentina |
1984-9-10 |
Ivonne Guzmán, Popstars: Argentina |
1985-02-23 |
Paris Galindo, Imagining Argentina |
1986-01-09 |
Javier García-Villaraco, Imagining Argentina |
1987-06-24 |
Lionel Messi, Rosario Argentina, Argentine footballer (FC Barcelona) |
1987-12-10 |
Gonzalo Higuaín, Final: Germany vs. Argentina |
1988-01-16 |
Jorge Torres Nilo, Round of 16: Argentina vs Mexico |
1988-10-19 |
Irene Escolar, Imagining Argentina |
1990-03-07 |
Gala Perdomo, Andares Africanos en Argentina |
Argentina - Weddings
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1812-09-12 |
Revolutionary leader Jose de San Martin (33) weds María de los Remedios de Escalada at Buenos Aires Cathedral in Argentina |
1860-11-11 |
1st Jewish wedding in Buenos Aires Argentina |
2011-04-02 |
Grammy Awarded singer Michael Buble (34) weds Argentine actress-model Luisana Lopilato (22) at Villa Maria Paz private mansion near Buenos Aires, Argentina |
2012-12-20 |
Actor Facundo Arana (40) weds Maria Susini at the Intercontinental Hotel in Nordelta, Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Argentina - Notable Deaths
Argentina - Deaths
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
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 |
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 |
1924-08-26 |
Eugene Py, La bandera argentina |
1932-11-21 |
Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies |
1933-07-03 |
Hipólito Yrigoyen, President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30), dies at 80 |
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 |
1952-07-26 |
Eva Peron-Duarte, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33 |
1962-11-14 |
Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres & Soledad), dies at 80 |
1974-07-01 |
Juan D Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78 |
1984-02-12 |
Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69 |
1988-10-04 |
Nelly Fernández Tiscornia, Made in Argentina |
1990-07-28 |
Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124 |
1992-07-06 |
Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies |
1993-04-12 |
Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies |
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 |
2000-11-23 |
Gene Hamilton, Argentina |
2003-01-12 |
Leopoldo Galtieri, dictator of Argentina (b. 1926) |
2003-08-22 |
Imperio Argentina, Argentinian singer and actress (b. 1906) |
2003-08-22 |
Imperio Argentina, Dear Nanny |
2004-12-11 |
Jose Cuciuffo, Final: Argentina vs West Germany |
2005-12-20 |
Argentina Brunetti, General Hospital |
2014-10-08 |
Humberto Ríos, Argentina, mayo de 1969: Los caminos de la liberación |
