1996 Alexander Lanusse, military president of Argentina (1971-73), dies
1995 Juan Carlos Ongania, President of Argentina (1966-70), dies
1995 Arturo Frondizi, President of Argentina (1958-62), dies
1994 Archbishop Quarracino wants all homosexuals to leave Argentina
1994 Romania eliminates Argentina 3-2 in soccer world cup
1994 1,500th goal in Soccer World Cup history scored by Caceres of Argentina
1993 Isaac Rojas, vp of Argentina (1955-58), dies
1992 Edgardo Pallero, Argentina producer (Los hijos de fierro), dies
1992 28 killed in truck bombing of Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina by Islamic Jihad
1991 Soccer star Diego Maradona, suspended for using cocaine, arrested in Argentina for possession and distribution of illegal narcotics
1990 Armando Frid, of Argentina (Born May 24, 1866 Guin rec), dies at 124
1990 Manuel Puig, Argentina writer (Buenos Aires Affair), dies at 57
1990 Germany beats Argentina 1-0 for soccer's 14th World Cup at Rome
1989 Carlos Saul Menum becomes President of Argentina
1989 Guy Williams, actor (Zorro, Lost in Space), dies in Argentina at 65
1989 Argentina, hit by rocketing inflation, runs out of money
1987 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe complete cycling journey of 15,266 mi from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Argentina
1986 Daniel Buettner, Bret Anderson, Martin Engel and Anne Knabe begin cycling journey of 15,266 miles from Prudhoe Bay Alaska to Argentina
1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)
1986 Argentina beats West Germany 3-2 in soccer's 13th World Cup
1984 Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69
1983 Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president
1983 Argentina milt regime gives amnesty to military/political assassins
1982 General Reynaldo Bignone sworn in as president of Argentina
1982 President Galtieri resigns after leading Argentina to defeat
1982 Britain requests Argentina arrange for return of prisoners
1982 Riots in Argentina after Falklands/Malvinas defeat
1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on Falkland Is, ends 74-day conflict
1982 Pope John Paul II visits Argentina
1982 BBC warns Britain will bomb Argentina
1982 Argentina surrenders to Britain on S Georgia near Falkland Island
1982 U.N. Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands
1982 Argentina seizes Malvinas, also known as the Falkland Islands
1981 70th Davis Cup: USA beats Argentina in Cincinnati (3-1)
1981 Argentina ex-president Isabel Peron freed
1979 Argentina and Chile sign Beagle Canal accord
1978 Argentina beats Holland 3-1 in soccer's 11th World Cup at Buenos Aires
1976 Paola Suarez, born in Pergamino, Argentina, tennis star, 1995 Futures-Buenos Aires
1975 Nazarena Almada, Miss Argentina Universe 1997
1974 Isabel Peron succeeds husband Juan as President of Argentina
1974 Juan D Peron, president of Argentina (1946-55, 73-74), dies at 78
1974 Valeria Mazza, Rosario Argentina, model, Cosmo-July 1995
1973 Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
1973 Hector de Campora resigns as President of Argentina
1973 Juan Peron returns to Argentina
1972 Juan Peron returns to Argentina
1972 Juan Peron elected president of Argentina
1972 Hernan Gumy, born in Buenos Aires Argentina, tennis star
1971 British and Argentina sign accord about Falkland Islands
1971 Florencia Labat, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, tennis star, 1992 Austrian
1971 Fernando Meligeni, Argentina, tennis star
1970 Gabriela Sabatini, Argentina, tennis player 1988 Olympics silver
1970 Stalled commuter train rammed by express in Argentina, 139 die
1970 Franco Davin, Argentina, tennis star
1969 Guillermo Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star
1969 Alberto Mancini, Argentina, tennis star
1968 Aircraft carrier Charles Doorman sold to Argentina
1968 Patricia Tarabini, born in La Plata, Argentina, tennis star, 1985 Futures ITA
1967 Mariana Perez-Roldan, Argentina, tennis star
1967 Roberto DeVicenzo of Argentina wins golf's British Open
1966 Javier Frana, Rafaela Argentina, tennis star
1966 Horacia de la Pena, Argentina, tennis star
1966 Mercedes Paz, born in Tucum, Argentina, tennis star, 1990 Strasbourg
1966 Peru and Argentina soccer fans fight in Lima; 248 die
1964 Martin Jaite, Argentina, tennis star
1964 Laura Gildemeister, Argentina, tennis star
1963 Argentina asks for extradition of ex-president Peron
1963 Arturo Illia elected president of Argentina
1963 Argentina asks extraditon of ex-president Peron
1962 Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer/poet (Hombres and Soledad), dies at 80
1962 Veronica Ribot-Canales, Buenos Aires Argentina, U.S. diver 1996 Olympics
1961 Pablo Arraya, Argentina, tennis star
1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hours 10 min
1960 Diego A Maradona, Argentina/Italy soccer player, World Cup
1960 Argentina complains to United Nations about Israeli illicit transfer of Eichmann
1960 Israel announces capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann in Argentina
1959 Eduardo Bengoechea, born in Argentina, tennis star
1958 Jose Luis, Clerc Argentina, tennis star
1958 Arturo Frondizi sworn in as president of Argentina
1958 Arturo Frondizi elected president of Argentina
1955 Argentina asks Panama for return of ex-president Peron
1955 All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina
1955 Christian Democratic Party forms in Argentina
1955 Minas Gerais Argentina tunnel caves in; 30 die
1952 George Meegen, England, walked 19,019 miles from Argentina to Alaska
1952 Guillermo Vilas, Argentina, tennis champ, U.S. Open-1977
1952 Maria Eva "Evita" Duarte Peron, Argentina's 1st lady, dies at 33
1951 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina)
1946 Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
1945 Juan Peron becomes dictator of Argentina
1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war
1943 Argentina taken over by Gen Rawson and Col Juan Peron
1943 Agustin P Justo y Rolon, President Argentina (1931-38), dies at 66
1942 Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, President of Argentina (1922-28), dies at 73
1941 Martha Argerich, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, pianist, debut 1949
1936 Fanne Foxe, [Annabella Battistella], Argentina, Wilbur Mills affair
1935 Mercedes Sosa, [La Negra], Argentina, singer
1932 Manuel Puig, Argentina, writer, Blood of Requited Love
1932 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor (Columbus monument Argentina), dies
1932 Lalo Schifrin, Buenos Aires, Argentina, composer
1931 Mauricio Kagel, Argentina/German composer
1931 Adolfo Perez Esquivel, Buenos Argentina, 1980 Nobel Peace Prize
1931 Argentina Rioja
1931 Isabel Peron, [Maria Martinez], dancer/president Argentina
1930 Uruguay beats Argentina 4-2 for soccer's 1st World Cup in Montevideo
1930 Carlos Saul Menem, president of Argentina, 1989-
1927 Raul Alfonsin, president, Argentina
1921 Astor Piazzolla, Argentina composer, Tango Nuevo
1919 Eva, Evita, Peron-Duarte, Argentina, 1st lady/actress
1916 Alberto E. Ginastera, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer, Panambi
1916 Bernard Blier, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor, Les Miserables
1915 Fernando Lamas, Buenos Aires Argentina, actor, "You look marvelous"
1914 Roberto Cavanagh, Argentina, polo 1936 Olympics gold
1914 Julio Cortazar, Argentina, writer, We Love Glenda So Much
1914 Cuba, Uruguay, Mexico and Argentina proclaim neutrality in WW I
1912 Argentina beat the MCC in their inaugural cricket 1st-class fixture
1908 Arturo Frondizi, president Argentina, 1958-62
1907 -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record)
1906 Carlos Calvo, Argentina diplomat (Calvo Clause), dies at 82
1906 Bartolome Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84
1905 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record)
1903 Pedro Aramburu, president Argentina
1900 Arturo Umberto Illia, President of Argentina, 1963-66
1900 Martita Hunt, Argentina, actress, Man in Grey, Becket
1899 Jorge Luis Borges, born in Argentina, writer of fiction, essays, Labyrinths
1897 6,960-m (22,834') Cerro Aconcagua (Argentina) 1st climbed
1888 Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina (1868-74), dies at 77
1886 Ricardo Guiraldes, Argentina, novelist/poet, Don Segundo Sombra
1882 Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41
1882 Manuel Galvez, Argentina writer, poet and historian, Paraguay
1878 Carlos Saavedra Lamas, Argentina, jurist, Nobel Peace Prize 1936
1876 Agustin P Justo y Rolon, President Argentina, 1931-38
1875 Hilario Ascasubi, Argentina author (pampa, gauchos and indians), dies
1874 Leopoldo Lugones, Argentina, writer
1872 Vito Pardo, Italian sculptor, Columbus monument in Argentina
1868 Marcelo Torcuato the Alvear, president of Argentina, 1922-28
1866 Armando Frid, Argentina, live until July 28 1990, 124 years
1862 Alberto Williams, Buenos Aires Argentina, composer, Etrerno Reposo
1859 Luis Maria Drago, Argentina, statesman, anti-interventionist
1853 Buenos Aires gains independence from Argentina (reunited 1859)
1853 Argentina adopts it's constitution
1851 Roque Saenz Pena, President of Argentina, 1910-14
1851 Rafael Obligado, Argentina, writer, Santos Vega
1850 Hipolito Irigoyen, president Argentina, 1916-22, 1928-30
1841 Olegario Victor Andrade, born in Argentina, poet, El nido de condores
1834 Jose Hernandez, Argentina poet, Martin Fierro
1833 Charles Darwin moves with Parana to Santa Fe Bajada Argentina
1833 Charles Darwin rides through Corunda to Santa Fe Argentina
1833 Charles Darwin reaches Rio Tercero Argentina
1833 Charles Darwin visits Guardia del Monte, Argentina
1833 HMS Beagle reaches Bahia Blanca, Argentina
1827 Carlos Guido y Spano, Argentina, conductor, Rafagas
1816 Argentina declares independence from Spain
1814 Vincente F. Lopez, Argentina historian, La Novia del Hereje
1811 Domingo F Sarmiento, president of Argentina, 1868-74
1810 Juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer
1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day)
1807 British troops lands at Ensenada, Argentina
1778 Jose Francisco de San Martin, liberated Argentina, Chile and Peru
1770 Manuel Belgrano, Argentina
1617 Spanish viceroy Hernando Arias de Saavedra founds provinces Rio de la Plata (Argentina)/Guaira (Paraguay)
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