History Hop Tags - Buenos Aires

1536-02-02

Pedro de Mendoza founds Argentine city of Buenos Aires

1806-06-24

British under Commodore Popham and Colonel Beresford reach Buenos Aires

1806-06-27

Buenos Aires captured by British

1808-07-05

Battle of Buenos Aires

1810-05-25

In the May Revolution, citizens of Buenos Aires expel the Spanish Viceroy Cisneros during Semana de Mayo.

1833-09-08

Charles Darwin departs to Buenos Aires

1833-09-20

Charles Darwin rides horse to Buenos Aires

1833-10-12

Charles Darwin begins return trip to Buenos Aires

1853-05-23

Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)

1911-05-11

The United States becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1913-03-28

Guatemala becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1913-12-15

Nicaragua becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1914-04-27

Honduras becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1914-05-15

Bolivia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1914-08-31

Ecuador becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1914-12-14

Lisandro de la Torre and others found the Democratic Progressist Party (Partido Demócrata Progresista, PDP) at the Hotel Savoy, Buenos Aires.

1915-08-31

Brazil becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1916-11-30

Costa Rica becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1917-09-20

Paraguay becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1919-01-15

Semana Tragica (Tragic Week): Bloodbath in Buenos Aires

1928-05-23

Bomb attack on Italians embassy in Buenos Aires, 22 die

1928-12-11

Buenos Aires police thwart an attempt on Pres-elect Herbert Hoover

1936-12-23

Colombia becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty

1945-03-06

Federico Garcia Lorca's "La Casa" premieres in Buenos Aires

1951-02-25

1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)

1951-04-04

Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Juan & Eva Peron in Buenos Aires

1955-06-14

Chile becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1957-04-11

Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires

1960-05-11

Israeli soldiers capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires

1964-04-24

Mexico becomes a signatory to the Buenos Aires copyright treaty.

1968-06-23

74 are killed and 150 injured in a football stampede towards a closed exit in a Buenos Aires stadium.

1972-04-10

20 days after he was kidnapped in Buenos Aires, Oberdan Sallustro is executed by communist guerrillas.

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.

1978-06-25

Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires

1985-12-10

Junta leaders Videla & Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires

1988-10-15

Amnesty International's Global Concert Tour ends in Buenos Aires

1992-03-17

28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Arg

1992-03-17

Islamic Jihad truck bombs Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires killing 29

1994-07-18

Bomb attack on Jewish center AMIA in Buenos Aires, 86 killed

1997-03-07

Athens, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Rome & Stockholm are finalists for 2004 Olympics site

1999-08-31

A LAPA Boeing 737-200 crashes during takeoff from Jorge Newbury Airport in Buenos Aires, killing 65, including 2 on the ground.

2000-08-23

Nicaragua becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. This essentially deprecated the Buenos Aires Convention treaty, because as of this date, all members of the BA Convention were also signatories to Berne.

2001-12-19

Argentine economic crisis: December 2001 riots - Riots erupt in Buenos Aires after Domingo Cavallo's corralito measures restrict the withdrawal of cash from bank deposits.

2004-12-30

A fire in the República Cromagnon nightclub in Buenos Aires, Argentina kills 194.

2012-02-22

Train crash in Buenos Aires, Argentina, kills 50 and injures hundreds

1758-09-26

Cosme Argerich, Argentine physician, founder of the Medicine School of Buenos Aires.

1852-07-12

Hipólito Yrigoyen, Buenos Aires, President of Argentina (1916-22, 1928-30) (d. 1933)

1862-11-23

Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer (Etrerno Reposo)

1878-11-01

Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Buenos Aires, jurist (Nobel Peace Prize 1936), (d. 1959)

1890-12-11

Carlos Gardel, Buenos Aires, Argentine singer and the most prominent figure in the history of tango (d. 1935)

1910-9-11

Manuel Mujica Láinez, De la misteriosa Buenos Aires

1911-06-08

Edmundo Rivero, Buenos Aires, verano 1912

1912-10-12

Óscar Alonso, Buenos Aires canta

1913-06-26

Abel Aznar, Tango, canción de Buenos Aires

1913-06-28

Roberto Grela, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

1913-12-05

Esther Borja, Adiós Buenos Aires

1913-9-12

Rodolfo M. Taboada, Mi Buenos Aires querido

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)

1918-10-09

Augusto Bonardo, Buenos Aires, verano 1912

1923-04-03

Beba Bidart, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

1924-05-05

Leopoldo Torre Nilsson, Buenos Aires, director (Monday's Child)

1925-05-03

Nina Bara, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Tonga-Space Patrol)

1925-12-14

Calé, Buenos Aires en camiseta

1926-02-02

Julio Sosa, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

1929-02-18

Eduardo Lagos, Este loco, loco, Buenos Aires

1930-02-08

Alejandro Rey, Buenos Aires, actor (Carlos-Flying Nun)

1932-06-21

Lalo [Boris] Schifrin, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer

1932-06-25

Rex Berry, Destination Buenos Aires

1932-07-13

Antonio Roma, Buenos Aires, Argentina, football goalkeeper (42 caps), (d. 2013)

1933-08-31

Susy Leiva, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

1934-02-24

Linda Cristal, Buenos Aires Arg, actress (Victoria-High Chapparal)

1934-03-04

Mario Davidovsky, Buenos Aires Argentinia, composer (Synchronisms)

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.

1937-06-16

Víctor Ayos, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

1937-9-17

Alan Russell, Buenos Aires

1941-06-05

Martha Argerich, Buenos Aires Argentina, pianist (debut 1949)

1941-9-15

Mario Paolucci, Buenos Aires Vice Versa

1942-04-12

Carlos Alberto Reutemann, Buenos Aires, la tercera fundación

1942-05-13

Hugo Marcel, Así es Buenos Aires

1942-11-08

Sandro Mazzola, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1942-11-15

Daniel Barenboim, Buenos Aires Argentinia, pianist/conductor

1943-03-30

Axel Pauls, Buenos Aires Vice Versa

1943-07-15

Diligenti quintuplets, Buenos Aires, Argentina

1945-12-31

Claude D Marks, Buenos Aires Argent, FALN member (FBI most wanted)

1948-11-09

Caloi, Ánima Buenos Aires

1950-01-23

Luis Alberto Spinetta, Buenos Aires, Argentina, rock musician (Almendra, Pescado Rabioso, Invisible), (d. 2012)

1950-11-07

Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st South American Zen teacher

1951-04-17

Olivia Hussey, Buenos Aires, actress (Romeo & Juliet, Death on Nile)

1952-08-18

Ricky Villa, Buenos Aires

1954-12-07

Gad Lerner, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1956-12-26

Beppe Severgnini, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1958-06-12

Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro, Buenos Aires Arg, astronaut

1960-10-30

Diego Maradona, Buenos Aires, soccer player (World Cup-hand of god)

1962-02-27

Veronica Ribot-Canales, Buenos Aires Argentina, US diver (Olympics-96)

1962-06-25

Ricardo Iorio, Buenos Aires Rock

1963-01-26

José Mourinho, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1963-02-26

Gustavo Malajovich, Death in Buenos Aires

1963-10-28

Veronica Gamba, Buenos Aires Arg, playmate (November, 1983)

1964-11-23

Carlo A. Sigon, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1966-04-18

Lidia Borda, 12 Tangos - Adios Buenos Aires

1967-02-18

Roberto Baggio, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1970-05-08

Guillermo Grillo, Fantasma de Buenos Aires

1970-08-19

Santiago García, Lesbians of Buenos Aires

1971-06-12

Florencia Labat, Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star (1992 Austrian)

1971-12-16

Camila MacLennan, Vladimir en Buenos Aires

1972-03-05

Hernan Gumy, Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star

1973-05-25

Maria Jose Gaidano, Buenos Aires Arg, tennis star (1993 Belgium doubles)

1973-08-10

Javier Zanetti, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1973-11-24

Silvio Cheli, Buenos Aires 100 Km

1974-03-11

Adam Wakeman, Rick Wakeman: Live in Buenos Aires

1975-05-04

Pablo Ruiz, Buenos Aires Arg, spanish singer

1975-12-20

Nicolás Pauls, Buenos Aires Vice Versa

1976-06-23

Paola Suarez, Pergamino Arg, tennis star (1995 Futures-Buenos Aires)

1978-05-10

Simone Scafidi, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1978-9-27

Ezequiel Hilbert, Buenos Aires Bicentenario

1979-06-12

Augusto González Polo, Capital (Todo el mundo va a Buenos Aires)

1980-12-04

Daniel Gil Suárez, Buenos Aires

1981-04-13

Daniel Werner, La Paz in Buenos Aires

1987-06-24

Lionel Messi, Javier Zanetti capitano da Buenos Aires

1988-02-25

Emiliano Fernández, Buenos Aires 100 Km

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

1984-11-07

FIFA soccer player Diego Maradona (24) weds long-time fiancée Claudia Villafañe in Buenos Aires

2011-03-31

Italian Canadian singer Michael Buble (35) weds actress and model Luisana Lopilato (23) in Buenos Aires

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

1959-04-29

Manuel Meaños, Ghosts in Buenos Aires

1980-01-16

Óscar Alonso, Buenos Aires canta

1982-06-24

Tito Lusiardo, Adiós Buenos Aires

1983-03-05

Abel Aznar, Tango, canción de Buenos Aires

1984-04-21

Manuel Mujica Láinez, De la misteriosa Buenos Aires

1986-01-18

Edmundo Rivero, Buenos Aires, verano 1912

1987-04-11

Rodolfo M. Taboada, Mi Buenos Aires querido

1990-07-21

Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57

1992-09-06

Roberto Grela, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

1994-08-27

Beba Bidart, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

1995-10-28

Augusto Bonardo, Buenos Aires, verano 1912

2005-04-22

Víctor Ayos, Buenas noches, Buenos Aires

2008-07-12

Mario Paolucci, Buenos Aires Vice Versa

2009-06-26

Eduardo Lagos, Este loco, loco, Buenos Aires

2009-10-24

Axel Pauls, Buenos Aires Vice Versa

2012-05-08

Caloi, Ánima Buenos Aires

2013-12-28

Esther Borja, Adiós Buenos Aires